* Governments have long realized that their policies or actions could under analysis by the masses give them either very low ratings, or force a change of government.
* Thinking doesn't come easily for most people, in fact it is hard work.
The governments of this world realize that the average working and middle class males find it hard to communicate at work with their fellow male co-workers. General homophobia and macho mentality prevent them from talking about home life, family and children. Therefore there is a dangerous vacuum in which original male thought might evolve.
So.... The governments appeal directly to the little head and give them something that is easy. No thinking involved. Plenty of sport, sport, sport. Books, clothes, premium TV channels, a thousand and one different games. That's right folks! Appeal directly to the testosterone and you will never have a problem from the male populace. They will never have to think again. It works !
While not wanting to criticize sport and exercise to keep fit and healthy, I do want to criticize the trillions of dollars every year that is spent on professional sports. Clothes, videos, interviews, TV rights, athletes salaries, Newspapers and magazines, TV commercials, sponsorship. The list goes on.
The fact is SPORT DOES NOTHING! It doesn't solve any world problems. It doesn't stop wars. it doesn't clean up the atmosphere. It doesn't help the poor and starving. In effect it does nothing positive for the world. It triggers an adrenaline rush and
over production of testosterone which in turn makes men more aggressive which in turn makes "The survival of the fittest" the norm in our so called advanced society.
Wars are fought over religion that we know well, so when will the first war caused by sport be? We have the makings of tribal wars in soccer stadiums already.
Imagine if we had a 5 year moratorium on professional sport. No Olympics for one time, No world cup for one time. Sports teams, leagues athletes and everything concerned with sports can be run at break even just for 5 years. All the additional
money will be siphoned off by 100pct taxation thresholds. i.e. No one needs to earn more than $1mio per year so anything over that is taxed at 100pct. With this new tax windfall the government can create new projects with new jobs on a massive scale such as synthetic tree carbon scrubbers to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere. Sport could actually give something back to the world.
But that is unlikely to happen since sport is big business, it generates trillions of dollars, the greedy want their share. Those in charge realize that such a break on professional sports will again create that "vacuum" where original thinking might occur.
Just take a look at the average sports enthusiast. Beady glazed eyes close- set in the face. An obvious excitement when with another group of males talking about sport. Their bodies twitch as they discuss trivia about this player or that handicap.
Someone in the group will think he has an important statistic to relay so that when the group do not listen for the 3rd time he virtually shouts out this precious piece of trivia so he can feel part of the group, part of the team. Take a look at Australia.
A nation that is totally controlled by sport. Every citizen is sports crazy, male or female alike. So long as you can get an Olympic gold nothing else matters. On the contrary everything else matters before worrying about a piece of metal. Those people that make it their life to keep fit and go to the gym several times a week. If excercise burns fat, it also does something to the braincells. It either consumes them or turns them to mush.
I believe mankind and womankind are truly meant to evolve and advance as a peaceful super culture around the universe but to do so we must give up these primitive ideas and thoughts and concentrate on what is important, have original thoughts and to positively change the way we live together. The world doesn't need a winner. We all need to be winners.
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