• FenrirIII@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Because sports inspires tribalism, which is different than pure entertainment. Sports forces people into camps, gives them a common identity, and defines an “enemy.”

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      10 months ago

      Except movies, gaming, music, etc also inspires tribalism, like the console wars or declaring one genre better than another.

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        10 months ago

        How dare you talk shit about dubstep you probably don’t even know what good music sounds like.

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        10 months ago

        That sounds more like people enacting tribalism on an activity than tribalism being an intrinsic and necessary part of the activity, like in organized sports.

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      10 months ago

      The tribal part is also a shared experience in a stadium. Roman games also had advertising and the gladiators endorsed products.

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      10 months ago

      You’re right. I hadn’t thought about that aspect. I am not a sports person so I couldn’t imagine a difference.