ajf

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[โ€“] ajf@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

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.

[โ€“] ajf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Innocent until proven guilty, right?