Re: [Marxism] About these football posts

["Renato Pompeu" <renatopompeu@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Subject: Re: [Marxism] About these football posts


> Not at all, that's like comparing apples with bananas.

Apples and bananas are fruits and can be compared as such. Soccer is one of
the most complex phenomena of the industrial era; it can be alienating, but
it can be a mobilizing factor also, just like theatre. The first banners
against the military regime in Brazil appeared in soccer stadiums - and
researchers showed that people interested in soccer were more likely to be
interested in politics than people not interested in soccer. The fact that
Che Guevara T shirts are sold by multinationals does not transform the cult
of the Che in an alienating factor, though it sometimes is de facto
alienating.
Renato



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