They are kids games. They’re tribal, and they’ve always been used for distracting the public into complacency as far back as the Roman republic at least – Bread and Circuses. Sports are the circuses.
critical part of human culture for longer than the language you use to dump on them
Critical for the ruling class to use so that they aren’t overthrown by the proles. Same as it ever was.
Sports are a relatively new dodge, roughly as old as monotheism. Don’t know the difference? Athletics is the act of physical contest and achievement, sports is expecting the populace to pay for your food and lodging so you can play games.
They are kids games. They’re tribal, and they’ve always been used for distracting the public into complacency as far back as the Roman republic at least – Bread and Circuses. Sports are the circuses.
Critical for the ruling class to use so that they aren’t overthrown by the proles. Same as it ever was.
Sports are older than the concept of a “ruling class”; that’s the exact point of the comment you replied to while missing it completely
ATHLETICS ARE OLDER THAN CLASSES.
Sports are a relatively new dodge, roughly as old as monotheism. Don’t know the difference? Athletics is the act of physical contest and achievement, sports is expecting the populace to pay for your food and lodging so you can play games.
yup. panem et circenses. these idiots think that since the grift goes back thousands of years it’s intrinsic to the human experience.
it’s up there with religion in it’s ability to distort people who would otherwise be rational thinkers into idiocy.