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Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by baq on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @05:29AM (#30683281)
> Lol no, a professional sports team is of little "joint benefit to society", at least not of the kind that seriously concerns the government. You may as well argue that the government should be subsidizing new Marvel movies, or Call of Duty, because those are popular forms of entertainment too.

can't believe what i'm reading. go read some cold war history, or even pre-WW2 history.

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Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by TulliusCicero on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @06:16AM (#30683557)
Most of the people here would probably argue against those too, so it doesn't really change anything about my argument.
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