Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt" ---Ancient Roman poet Juvenal. When I look at the performance of $DJT (Digital World - Trump SPAC - Truth Social), this is the only thing that comes to mind. Peak "bread and circus" The public is being gaslit by our elected and appointed political leaders but has increasingly recognized that financial nihilism is here, inflation is only going up, the $ is losing value against hard assets, the govt deficits are perpetual and trust in media and politicians is near zero. But in order to prevent the riots/looting/revolt, we are being allowed, actually encouraged, to engage in ridiculous circus like speculation of meme stocks, meme coins, YOLO calls, 0dte options, NCAA parlays, over under points for Caitlyn Clark this weekend, and lotto tickets in order to try to keep pace with inflation and survive. This is what happens at the end of empires.