What if the main goal of pro sports is to destroy society? ( conspiracy )

submitted by Justaddcoffee

Distract the masses from more important matters..

TwitterBannedIt

https://people.howstuffworks.com/bread-circuses.htm

Bread and Circuses, this idea is very very old.

"Two things only the people anxiously desire -- bread and circuses," he wrote, lamenting the failure of citizens to take action as the democratic Roman Republic fell and the heavy-handed Roman Empire began.

Within a mere 100 years, Rome underwent massive governmental changes. What in 133 B.C.E. was a free republic that relied on a voting populace and an assembly system morphed into an embittered autocracy by the first century C.E. [source: Beard].

Thus, Juvenal's term, "bread and circuses" went viral, used by scores of people -- then and now -- to describe people who voluntarily trade their democratic freedoms in exchange for stable-yet-controlling government.

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Back then, the Roman government kept the Roman people pacified by offering them free food and rousing entertainment in the Roman Colosseum. Now, "bread and circuses" applies to any civic or governmental entity -- or any situation, really -- in which the masses willingly accept short-term solutions to ease their discontent.

bushka

Maybe the gambling connected to it.

alalzia

Sports clubs in Europe were made by people passionate about playing , after few years they thought that if players get paid and focus fully on training they could be better . Games attracted spectators that turned into fans . There was no conspiracy there. Modern clubs like the one i am a member have tens of thousands of kids in their academies and support massive amateur sport events. I don't see how they destroy society by training children .

ardvarcus

Spectator sports are for us what the gladiatorial games were for the ancient Romans. They keep us occupied and more or less content with our lot. They give us something to focus our emotions on other than overthrowing our pointy-headed leaders. Spectator sports came into existence for the same reason that the gladiatorial games came to be -- because too many people in society had too little necessary work and too much free time. Human beings who are fully engaged in a healthy society have little time or interest in spectator sports.

NakedWarrior

Yes, they are there to distract us only and to quell thoughts of rebellion against the state. If you research the Roman gladiator games you will find that many were against their brutality. They were not the celebrated activity portrayed in movies. But sports can also be good in that they serve as a rite of passage for fathers and sons.

bushka

I've always thought of watching sports as trying to live vicariously.

GoyimNose

Porn is much more distracting and damaging