You don’t grasp the reality.
Bread and Circuses. The masses must have both to remain civilized.
Football and Soccer are ritual war. Thus the masses can fight their neighbors on the playing fields rather than the battlefields.
Football is the glue holding nations together
BS. It’s a game and a diversion from reality.
“ Bread and Circuses. The masses must have both to remain civilized.
Football and Soccer are ritual war. Thus the masses can fight their neighbors on the playing fields rather than the battlefields.”
Justinian knew how to deal with sports hooliganism. See the Nika riots in Wiki:
“ Then, the troops led by Belisarius, Mundus, and Constantiolus stormed into the Hippodrome, with Belisarius capturing Hypatius and Pompeius while Mundus killed any remaining people indiscriminately, whether they were Blues or Greens.[10][9]
Aftermath
According to the account of Procopius, around 30,000 people were killed, although many likely died as result of trampling in the chaos of the riot rather than at the hands of the soldiers.[1][14]”