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People talk about sports because they want to conform to society.

For those who don't know, here's Noam Chomsky on the role of sports in 'propaganda-based authority'.

That's how to talk about sports...

Taken from Manufacturing Consent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz1nIHv6P6Q

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 @cce6a01a OK you’re missing the entire point 
 @53de482a just responding to a statement that came up in my feed, which is the very point. 
 @cce6a01a …No it isn’t 🤦 
 @53de482a are you always like this?