....that was propaganda: people seduced by a simplistic narrative, a game commodified by an elite. The same applies to popular music, film industry, the academisation of schools, the NHS, etc.
Football has been losing its soul ever since Thatcher. The aspirational have been co-opted into becoming Tories despite this being a socialist country. People should wake up to some harsh political realities - it may already be too late.
As Bielsa said: the corporate creep has happened in every walk of life why should football be any different.
The fascist right in the U.K. dominate the newspapers and all media outlets. They also own the offshore betting franchises which makes billions from the Asian markets. This is the cancer...
You’d think with existential threats like a global pandemic affecting every dimension of life that there could be revolutionary change but people just want a return to ‘normal’.