I think perhaps you should look up what "bread and circus" actually means, because it's not what you think it is.
Perhaps like in the matrix where Neo was in his own little mind trap where he was the "One" while the machines still had control.
or inception where your in a dream inside of a dream...
...maybe arguing about this BS is the circus deju to keep people from really getting involved and actually effecting change in the world.
I think perhaps you should look up what "bread and circus" actually means, because it's not what you think it is.