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Bread and Circuses and America
From Wikipedia: "'Bread and Circuses' ... is a metaphor for a superficial means of appeasement. In the case of politics, the phrase is used to describe the creation of public approval, not through exemplary or excellent public service or public policy, but through diversion; distraction; or the mere satisfaction of the immediate, shallow requirements of a populace, as an offered 'palliative.'"
How dramatically are things changing on the Left?
During the Bush administration, Liberals, Progressives, and Democrats were politically engaged and unified in their opposition to policies and practices that they found unacceptable such as torture, rendition, and the doctrine of preemption. Democrats won the White House in the last election primarily on a reactive vote - voters rejecting the policies of the Right. In the aftermath of that victory, it appears that many on the Left are pleased with the current administration and are unwilling to present a challenge to many policies that have not changed, or that have deteriorated, since the Bush administration.
Why this double standard?
Is it possible that those on the Left have become appeased?
If so, how?
Why do many on the Left no longer engaged in political life or debate?

LINKS
Bread and Circuses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses
"In modern usage, the phrase is taken to describe a populace that no longer values civic virtues and the public life. To many across the political spectrum, left and right, it connotes a supposed triviality and frivolity..."
37 Percent of People Completely Lost
http://blog.sfgate.com/morford/2013/03/12/37-percent-of-people-completely-lost/
"But then comes the impossible snag: If you are hard-coded to believe otherwise, if your TV network or your ideology, your pastor or your lack of education tell you differently, you will still not believe it. No matter what."
Three Democratic Myths Used to Demean the Paul Filibuster
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/16414-three-democratic-myths-used-to-demean-the-paul-filibuster
"All of this has taken place with very little public backlash: especially over the last four years. Worse, it has prompted almost no institutional resistance from the structures designed to check executive abuses: courts, the media, and Congress."
Warm Bodies: Zom-Rom-Solidarity Econ
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15055-warm-bodies-zom-rom-solidarity-econ
Yikes! No need to see this movie. However, the zombies are transforming.
"Lacking the language to voice his inchoate and sublimated desires, R can only think about other ways of being in the world as fragments of an imagined past. In a foundational sequence, R wistfully tries to remember what the world must have been like when the corpses were human. 'It must have been better when people could express themselves and enjoy each other's company,' he tells us through a voice-over while the scene switches to a busy airport filled with humans on their cell phones, moving to and fro, texting, gaming, talking to distant others while avoiding the company of nearby others."
MinusIQ | The pill to lower your IQ permanently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9pD_UK6vGU&feature=youtu.be
(Posting this link being fully aware of its pejorative content. It is designed to stimulate discussion and as such it is worthy of consideration.)