Re:Why hasn't there been a new major sports league?
by morkalork on Saturday November 08, 2025 @09:47AM
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The bit about getting the government to invest with a goal that isn't financial ROI reminds me of the Olympics during the cold war. All that investment to "prove" the dominance of one economic system or another.
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Re:Why hasn't there been a new major sports league?
by LocalH on Saturday November 08, 2025 @10:01AM
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The scourge of unfettered capitalism. Everything boils down to "how much money does it make"
Small-time capitalism is good. But beyond a certain size, it falls apart and can even become quasi-governmental. When is somebody going to blend the best part of all political isms to get closer to the best possible form of society
Re:Why hasn't there been a new major sports league?
by barbazoo on Saturday November 08, 2025 @10:14AM
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Best for who though? There just is no one size that fits all. Personally I would be happy in a more equal socialistic society but I recognize that others prefer the individuality and excitement of playing the game of chance in our capitalist system.
What I’m looking for is perhaps more at a smaller level of local community, not “state” level.
Re:Why hasn't there been a new major sports league?
by LocalH on Saturday November 08, 2025 @11:24AM
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Best for the largest percentage of people. Clearly, pure capitalism isn't that. But so isn't pure communism, or pure socialism.
Re:Why hasn't there been a new major sports league?
by barbazoo on Saturday November 08, 2025 @02:57PM
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There isn’t even a single true implementation of either of those isms. They’re just broad categorizations. I would say communism isn’t even the same broader category.
Re:Why hasn't there been a new major sports league?
by foxglacier on Saturday November 08, 2025 @10:37AM
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People tried picking the best bits of capitalism and communism and they ended up with fascism. Maybe it's fine what we have now which is capitalism with piles of restrictions and government spending to fix all the little bugs that've been discovered over time. I'd say society is too complex for some invented -ism to just magically work.
Re:Why hasn't there been a new major sports league?
by LocalH on Saturday November 08, 2025 @11:20AM
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I guess it depends on where in the world you are, but where I am capitalism is ruling the roost and destroying everything in the process, just like the other pure isms
Re:Why hasn't there been a new major sports league?
by foxglacier on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @03:32PM
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Where are you? Shenzhen? Somalia? Don't say America because that has wildly distorted markets just like everywhere else I know.