We are taxed to build stadiums, to have billionaires charge us admission, so we can cheer on millionaires playing a game, to have our attention diverted from being exploited by a ruling class that do things like, tax us to build stadiums. amirite?

+32 We are taxed to build stadiums, to have billionaires charge us admission, so we can cheer on millionaires playing a game, to have our attention diverted from being exploited by a ruling class that do things like, tax us to build stadiums. amirite?

by EmotionalScarcity 1 week ago

Bread and circuses. Nevermind religion, sports/tv are the opium of the masses. There would be billionaire heads on pikes and blood in the streets if they were to go away. All in all, a tremendous ROI in placating much of the populace.

by kurt17 1 week ago

wasn't there an orwell quote that summed this up?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I dislike sports for the most part. Doesn't mean I don't respect the guys putting their bodies on the line, but I know it doesn't mean much to my life because they don't pay my bills or rent.

by Ok-Hope 1 week ago

Speak for your own country

by jenkinskhalid 1 week ago

allow me to rephrase: most people enjoy entertainment.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

OP just got back from his first semester at college

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Some of the tax dollars has to go to something that would make taxpayers think it's worth it, and America could really do more of that rn, Joe Biden

by Anonymous 1 week ago