Gladitorial Combat

Pollice Verso, an 1872 painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme

If we avert our eyes from the electoral battle on the blood-soaked sand of the Coliseum and look behind the screen, we find the powers that matter are not elected: our [owned by a few big banks] Federal Reserve, run by a handful of technocrats, and the immense National Security State, a.k.a. the Permanent Government. These entities operate the Empire which hosts the electoral games for the entertainment and distraction of the public. - Charles Hugh Smith

Via ZeroHedge by Tyler Durden