{"id":11104,"date":"2023-02-12T14:33:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T19:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/?p=11104"},"modified":"2023-02-14T19:09:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T00:09:56","slug":"may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"May be a meme of one or more people and text that says &#8216;Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.&#8221; George Orwell, 1984 Realistic&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/313211694_10222291075298058_818158455919350426_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=8bfeb9&amp;_nc_ohc=bS-YQs67KJoAX_XmLGf&amp;tn=9i-9hTbggft3Broc&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AfA1NsofmUT5HyrFCBnwBONLyXBysgoz3K1WZ2fgjFsQ6A&amp;oe=635FED39\" alt=\"May be a meme of one or more people and text that says 'Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.&quot; George Orwell, 1984 Realistic'\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10222291075338059&amp;set=a.3193988340892\">Facebook<\/a>  Bread and Circuses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May be a meme of one or more people and text that says &#8216;Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.&#8221; George Orwell, 1984 Realistic&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses\">Bread and circuses &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10159434933467599&amp;set=p.10159434933467599&amp;type=3\">Facebook<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/austux?__tn__=-UC*F\"><br>Leon Brooks<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10159434933467599&amp;set=p.10159434933467599&amp;__tn__=%2CO*F\"><strong>October&nbsp;28,&nbsp;2022<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;a slightly more complete quote from the book (as a 6\u00d74)&#8230; and&#8230; is there any substantial difference from the society around you?\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-ord5-2.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/313370026_10159434933462599_8840106975039318404_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=dbeb18&amp;_nc_ohc=Xg9C8koH4bYAX8Ez497&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.xx&amp;oh=00_AfBNL8Wen7tC6Uo7GB9pToKhjO22iUJOLorXlVdWfyKyPw&amp;oe=63EED7E0\" alt=\"May be an image of cloud and text that says 'Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious. Winston [...] Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbours, films, football, beer, and above all, gambling, filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult. -Chapter 7, 1984'\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"firstHeading\">Bread and circuses<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>35 languages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses\">Article<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Talk:Bread_and_circuses\">Talk<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses\">Read<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Bread_and_circuses&amp;action=edit\">Edit<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Bread_and_circuses&amp;action=history\">View history<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis article is about a concept in political satire. For other uses, see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_Circuses_(disambiguation)\">Bread and Circuses (disambiguation)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Bread and circuses<\/strong>&#8221; (or&nbsp;<strong>bread and games<\/strong>; from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latin\">Latin<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>panem et circenses<\/em>) is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metonymy\">metonymic<\/a>&nbsp;phrase referring to superficial&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Appeasement\">appeasement<\/a>. It is attributed to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juvenal\">Juvenal<\/a>, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Empire\">Roman<\/a>&nbsp;poet active in the late first and early second century CE, and is used commonly in cultural, particularly political, contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Politics\">political<\/a>&nbsp;context, the phrase means to generate public approval, not by excellence in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_service\">public service<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_policy\">public policy<\/a>, but by diversion,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Distraction\">distraction<\/a>, or by satisfying the most immediate or base requirements of a populace,<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;by offering a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/palliative\">palliative<\/a>: for example&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Food\">food<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread\">bread<\/a>) or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Entertainment\">entertainment<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_circus\">circuses<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juvenal originally used it to decry the &#8220;selfishness&#8221; of common people and their neglect of wider concerns.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses#cite_note-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses#cite_note-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses#cite_note-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The phrase implies a population&#8217;s erosion or ignorance of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Citizenship\">civic duty<\/a>&nbsp;as a priority.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses#cite_note-BreadCircusesCity-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ancient Rome[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Bread_and_circuses&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1\">edit<\/a>]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Further information:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grain_supply_to_the_city_of_Rome\">Grain supply to the city of Rome<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Populares\">Populares<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This phrase originates from Rome in&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satires_(Juvenal)\">Satire X<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;of the Roman satirical poet Juvenal (<abbr title=\"circa\">c.<\/abbr>\u2009100 CE). In context, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latin\">Latin<\/a>&nbsp;<em>panem et circenses<\/em>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread\">bread<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Circus_(building)\">circuses<\/a>) identifies the only remaining interest of a Roman populace that no longer cares for its historical birthright of political involvement. Here Juvenal displays his contempt for the declining&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heroism\">heroism<\/a>&nbsp;of contemporary Romans, using a range of different themes, including lust for power and desire for old age to illustrate his argument.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses#cite_note-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Roman politicians passed laws in 140 CE to keep the votes of poorer citizens by introducing a grain dole: giving out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cura_Annonae\">cheap food<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Entertainment\">entertainment<\/a>, &#8220;bread and circuses&#8221;, became the most effective way to rise to power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>[&#8230;] iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli \/ vendimus, effudit curas; nam qui dabat olim \/ imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se \/ continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, \/&nbsp;<em>panem et circenses<\/em>. [&#8230;]<\/td><td>&#8230; Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions \u2014 everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses#cite_note-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u2014Juvenal, Satire 10.77\u201381<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>Juvenal here makes reference to the Roman practice of providing free wheat to Roman citizens as well as costly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ludi\">circus games<\/a>&nbsp;and other forms of entertainment as a means of gaining&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_power\">political power<\/a>. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grain_supply_to_the_city_of_Rome\"><em>Annona<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(grain dole) was begun under the instigation of the&nbsp;<em>popularis<\/em>&nbsp;politician&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gaius_Sempronius_Gracchus\">Gaius Sempronius Gracchus<\/a>&nbsp;in 123 BCE; it remained an object of political contention until it was taken under the control of the autocratic&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_emperors\">Roman emperors<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See also[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Bread_and_circuses&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2\">edit<\/a>]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Ancient_Rome\">Ancient Rome portal<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death\"><em>Amusing Ourselves to Death<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 1985 book by Neil Postman<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_Royale_(film)\"><em>Battle Royale<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 2000 Japanese action thriller film<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brave_New_World\"><em>Brave New World<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 1932 dystopian science fiction novel by Aldous Huxley<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_Circuses_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)\">&#8220;Bread and Circuses&#8221; (<em>Star Trek: The Original Series<\/em>)<\/a>, a 1968 episode of&nbsp;<em>Star Trek<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_roses\">Bread and roses<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Slogan<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colosseum\">Colosseum<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Ancient Roman amphitheatre, a landmark of Rome, Italy<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panem\">Panem (<em>The Hunger Games<\/em>)<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Young adult book series by Suzanne Collins<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cura_Annonae\">Cura Annonae<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Import and distribution of grain in Rome and Constantinople<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idiocracy\"><em>Idiocracy<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 2006 film directed by Mike Judge<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idiot\">Idiot\/idiocy (Athenian democracy)<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Person of low intelligence<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Instrumentum_regni\">Instrumentum regni<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Exploitation of religion by State or ecclesiastical polity as a means of controlling the masses<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Latin_phrases\">List of Latin phrases<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prolefeed\">Prolefeed<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Fictional language in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fahrenheit_451\"><em>Fahrenheit 451<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plebs\">Plebs<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 General body of free ancient Roman citizens who were not patricians<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theatre_state\">Theatre state<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Bread_and_circuses&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3\">edit<\/a>]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses#cite_ref-1\">^<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/bread+and+circuses\">&#8220;Definition of BREAD AND CIRCUSES&#8221;<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>www.merriam-webster.com<\/em>.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses#cite_ref-2\">^<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juvenal#Literary_and_cultural_influence\">Juvenal&#8217;s literary and cultural influence (Book IV: Satire 10.81)<\/a><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses#cite_ref-3\">^<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20121105143821\/http:\/\/education.yahoo.com\/reference\/dictionary\/entry\/bread%20and%20circuses\">&#8220;American Heritage Dictionary: to placate or distract&#8221;<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Yahoo<\/em>. Archived from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/education.yahoo.com\/reference\/dictionary\/entry\/bread%20and%20circuses\">the original<\/a>&nbsp;on 2012-11-05.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses#cite_ref-4\">^<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.infoplease.com\/bread-and-circuses\">Infoplease Dictionary<\/a>&nbsp;as pacification or diversion.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses#cite_ref-BreadCircusesCity_5-0\">^<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180109025410\/http:\/\/www.theherald.com.au\/story\/4965753\/bread-circuses-and-our-disappearing-city\/\">&#8220;Bread, circuses and our disappearing city&#8221;<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Newcastle Herald<\/em>. Newcastle NSW Australia. 2017. Archived from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theherald.com.au\/story\/4965753\/bread-circuses-and-our-disappearing-city\/\">the original<\/a>&nbsp;on 2018-01-09. Retrieved&nbsp;2017-10-11.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses#cite_ref-6\">^<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;Hirsch, Kett, &amp; Trefil (1993).&nbsp;<em>The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy<\/em>. Houghton Mifflin.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bread_and_circuses#cite_ref-7\">^<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;By J. P. Toner full quote at p.69. For us in the modern world, leisure is secondary to work, but in ancient Rome leisure was central to social life] and an integral part of its history.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Bread_and_circuses&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4\">edit<\/a>]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Potter, D. and D. Mattingly, Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire. Ann Arbor (1999).<\/li><li>Rickman, G., The Corn Supply of Ancient Rome Oxford (1980).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further reading[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Bread_and_circuses&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5\">edit<\/a>]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/99\/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg\/40px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Look up&nbsp;<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/bread_and_circuses\">bread and circuses<\/a><\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelatinlibrary.com\/juvenal.html\">Juvenal&#8217;s 16 &#8220;Satires&#8221; in Latin<\/a>, at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Latin_Library\">The Latin Library<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/ancient\/juvenalpersius-intro.html\">Juvenal&#8217;s first 3 &#8220;Satires&#8221; in English<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><th><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Authority_control\">Authority control<\/a>: National libraries&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q845658#identifiers\"><\/a><\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/d-nb.info\/gnd\/4173173-6\">Germany<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Category\">Categories<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:English_phrases\">English phrases<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Ancient_Roman_culture\">Ancient Roman culture<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Crowd_psychology\">Crowd psychology<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Latin_philosophical_phrases\">Latin philosophical phrases<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Metaphors_referring_to_food_and_drink\">Metaphors referring to food and drink<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook Bread and Circuses May be a meme of one or more people and text that says &#8216;Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.&#8221; George Orwell, 1984 Realistic&#8217; Bread and circuses &#8211; Wikipedia Facebook Leon Brooks October&nbsp;28,&nbsp;2022&nbsp;&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;a slightly more complete quote&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"button small blue\" href=\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,24,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-warning-ministry","category-alcohol","category-wolf-watch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>May be a meme of one or more people and text that says &#039;Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.&quot; George Orwell, 1984 Realistic&#039; - Earnestly Contend For The Faith Jude 3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"May be a meme of one or more people and text that says &#039;Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.&quot; George Orwell, 1984 Realistic&#039; - Earnestly Contend For The Faith Jude 3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Facebook Bread and Circuses May be a meme of one or more people and text that says &#8216;Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.&#8221; George Orwell, 1984 Realistic&#8217; Bread and circuses &#8211; Wikipedia Facebook Leon Brooks October&nbsp;28,&nbsp;2022&nbsp;&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;a slightly more complete quote&hellip; Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Earnestly Contend For The Faith Jude 3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/230380461031046\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-12T19:33:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-15T00:09:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/313211694_10222291075298058_818158455919350426_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=8bfeb9&amp;_nc_ohc=bS-YQs67KJoAX_XmLGf&amp;tn=9i-9hTbggft3Broc&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AfA1NsofmUT5HyrFCBnwBONLyXBysgoz3K1WZ2fgjFsQ6A&amp;oe=635FED39\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Roger Fulk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Roger Fulk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Roger Fulk\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c3417c2d65df06db0da74c8e9b11990\"},\"headline\":\"May be a meme of one or more people and text that says &#8216;Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.&#8221; George Orwell, 1984 Realistic&#8217;\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-12T19:33:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-15T00:09:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/\"},\"wordCount\":955,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/313211694_10222291075298058_818158455919350426_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=8bfeb9&amp;_nc_ohc=bS-YQs67KJoAX_XmLGf&amp;tn=9i-9hTbggft3Broc&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AfA1NsofmUT5HyrFCBnwBONLyXBysgoz3K1WZ2fgjFsQ6A&amp;oe=635FED39\",\"articleSection\":[\"A Warning Ministry\",\"Alcohol wine drugs\",\"Wolf Watch False Teaching Exposed\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/\",\"name\":\"May be a meme of one or more people and text that says 'Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.\\\" George Orwell, 1984 Realistic' - Earnestly Contend For The Faith Jude 3\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/313211694_10222291075298058_818158455919350426_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=8bfeb9&amp;_nc_ohc=bS-YQs67KJoAX_XmLGf&amp;tn=9i-9hTbggft3Broc&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AfA1NsofmUT5HyrFCBnwBONLyXBysgoz3K1WZ2fgjFsQ6A&amp;oe=635FED39\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-12T19:33:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-15T00:09:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c3417c2d65df06db0da74c8e9b11990\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/313211694_10222291075298058_818158455919350426_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=8bfeb9&amp;_nc_ohc=bS-YQs67KJoAX_XmLGf&amp;tn=9i-9hTbggft3Broc&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AfA1NsofmUT5HyrFCBnwBONLyXBysgoz3K1WZ2fgjFsQ6A&amp;oe=635FED39\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/313211694_10222291075298058_818158455919350426_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=8bfeb9&amp;_nc_ohc=bS-YQs67KJoAX_XmLGf&amp;tn=9i-9hTbggft3Broc&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AfA1NsofmUT5HyrFCBnwBONLyXBysgoz3K1WZ2fgjFsQ6A&amp;oe=635FED39\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"May be a meme of one or more people and text that says &#8216;Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.&#8221; George Orwell, 1984 Realistic&#8217;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/\",\"name\":\"Earnestly Contending For The Faith\",\"description\":\"Warning and Earnestly Contending For The Faith\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c3417c2d65df06db0da74c8e9b11990\",\"name\":\"Roger Fulk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82a7fb995a448ce86a7560c1d19e4a68f8ccbf51d82cf2cb049cc89446aaa687?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82a7fb995a448ce86a7560c1d19e4a68f8ccbf51d82cf2cb049cc89446aaa687?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82a7fb995a448ce86a7560c1d19e4a68f8ccbf51d82cf2cb049cc89446aaa687?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Roger Fulk\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/author\/rogerfulk\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"May be a meme of one or more people and text that says 'Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.\" George Orwell, 1984 Realistic' - Earnestly Contend For The Faith Jude 3","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"May be a meme of one or more people and text that says 'Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.\" George Orwell, 1984 Realistic' - Earnestly Contend For The Faith Jude 3","og_description":"Facebook Bread and Circuses May be a meme of one or more people and text that says &#8216;Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.&#8221; George Orwell, 1984 Realistic&#8217; Bread and circuses &#8211; Wikipedia Facebook Leon Brooks October&nbsp;28,&nbsp;2022&nbsp;&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;a slightly more complete quote&hellip; Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/","og_site_name":"Earnestly Contend For The Faith Jude 3","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/230380461031046\/","article_published_time":"2023-02-12T19:33:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-15T00:09:56+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/313211694_10222291075298058_818158455919350426_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=8bfeb9&amp;_nc_ohc=bS-YQs67KJoAX_XmLGf&amp;tn=9i-9hTbggft3Broc&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AfA1NsofmUT5HyrFCBnwBONLyXBysgoz3K1WZ2fgjFsQ6A&amp;oe=635FED39","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Roger Fulk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Roger Fulk","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/"},"author":{"name":"Roger Fulk","@id":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c3417c2d65df06db0da74c8e9b11990"},"headline":"May be a meme of one or more people and text that says &#8216;Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.&#8221; George Orwell, 1984 Realistic&#8217;","datePublished":"2023-02-12T19:33:32+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-15T00:09:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/"},"wordCount":955,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/313211694_10222291075298058_818158455919350426_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=8bfeb9&amp;_nc_ohc=bS-YQs67KJoAX_XmLGf&amp;tn=9i-9hTbggft3Broc&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AfA1NsofmUT5HyrFCBnwBONLyXBysgoz3K1WZ2fgjFsQ6A&amp;oe=635FED39","articleSection":["A Warning Ministry","Alcohol wine drugs","Wolf Watch False Teaching Exposed"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/","url":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/","name":"May be a meme of one or more people and text that says 'Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.\" George Orwell, 1984 Realistic' - Earnestly Contend For The Faith Jude 3","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/313211694_10222291075298058_818158455919350426_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=8bfeb9&amp;_nc_ohc=bS-YQs67KJoAX_XmLGf&amp;tn=9i-9hTbggft3Broc&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AfA1NsofmUT5HyrFCBnwBONLyXBysgoz3K1WZ2fgjFsQ6A&amp;oe=635FED39","datePublished":"2023-02-12T19:33:32+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-15T00:09:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c3417c2d65df06db0da74c8e9b11990"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/313211694_10222291075298058_818158455919350426_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=8bfeb9&amp;_nc_ohc=bS-YQs67KJoAX_XmLGf&amp;tn=9i-9hTbggft3Broc&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AfA1NsofmUT5HyrFCBnwBONLyXBysgoz3K1WZ2fgjFsQ6A&amp;oe=635FED39","contentUrl":"https:\/\/scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/313211694_10222291075298058_818158455919350426_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=8bfeb9&amp;_nc_ohc=bS-YQs67KJoAX_XmLGf&amp;tn=9i-9hTbggft3Broc&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AfA1NsofmUT5HyrFCBnwBONLyXBysgoz3K1WZ2fgjFsQ6A&amp;oe=635FED39"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/may-be-a-meme-of-one-or-more-people-and-text-that-says-football-beer-and-above-all-gambling-filled-up-the-horizon-of-their-minds-to-keep-them-in-control-was-not-difficult-george-orwell-1984\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"May be a meme of one or more people and text that says &#8216;Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.&#8221; George Orwell, 1984 Realistic&#8217;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/","name":"Earnestly Contending For The Faith","description":"Warning and Earnestly Contending For The Faith","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c3417c2d65df06db0da74c8e9b11990","name":"Roger Fulk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82a7fb995a448ce86a7560c1d19e4a68f8ccbf51d82cf2cb049cc89446aaa687?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82a7fb995a448ce86a7560c1d19e4a68f8ccbf51d82cf2cb049cc89446aaa687?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82a7fb995a448ce86a7560c1d19e4a68f8ccbf51d82cf2cb049cc89446aaa687?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"Roger Fulk"},"url":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/author\/rogerfulk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11104"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11703,"href":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11104\/revisions\/11703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}