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Re:The American Sports Plutocracy Is Bullshit by Mistletoe on Friday August 14, 2026 @06:55PM (#49305608)
Why did they come out in the French Revolution and countless other times and they won’t now?
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Re:The American Sports Plutocracy Is Bullshit by fragmede on Friday August 14, 2026 @06:59PM (#49305627)
Capital built stronger, taller, AI-enhanced walls to keep the peasants out.
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Re:The American Sports Plutocracy Is Bullshit by strictnein on Friday August 14, 2026 @09:13PM (#49306575)
Because our lives are 100x better (maybe more?) than the lives of the average subject in France in the 18th century.
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Re:The American Sports Plutocracy Is Bullshit by dgellow on Saturday August 15, 2026 @06:11AM (#49309319)
That, and also an extremely sophisticated media ecosystem, surveillance apparatus, police forces, etc. But there is also close to no collective responsibility in the US culture
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