Ungoverned leisure historically degenerated into civic decay and instability

Evidence

There was indeed plenty of leisure as a result. But it ended in donatives (doles) and a social instability that even the ablest autocrats of the Empire were unable to stifle. — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 584

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Parks are society’s best hope for teaching fruitful use of leisure — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 608; Postwar planners feared idleness would turn to destructive use of leisure — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 588; Ruling-class women’s leisure functions as evidence of capitalist social decay — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1127 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Postwar planners feared idleness would turn to destructive use of leisure #corroborates (0.85) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 588
• Ruling-class women’s leisure functions as evidence of capitalist social decay #exemplifies (0.80) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1127
• Television privatizes leisure and thereby erodes community social capital #corroborates (0.78) — Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone, 67