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"Le mal n'était pas dans le pain et les jeux en tant que tels mais dans la volonté des gens de vendre leurs droits d'hommes libres pour des ventres pleins et l'excitation des jeux qui serviraient d'instrument de leur décadence."

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The main idea is that the bad thing wasn't the food and entertainment themselves, but that people gave up their freedom just to be fed and amused, which led to their downfall.

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