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by wakawaka1 2109 days ago
>” In fact, just the fact that I’m interested in doing sports for leisure is associated with class, since it’s not something that would be so easy for, say, manual laborers or shift workers.”

I think the bias here is the opposite: the author is politically biased to believe this “classism struggle” somehow doesn’t enable manual Labors to play sports?

I think the author should visit the developing world more frequently to realize how common futbol is here, for example.

I’ve been invited to pickup futbol (soccer) games in Mexico and Panama. From what I can tell, it’s a sport played around the world, including in the poorest parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

This is all too frequent—- a politically biased author is unable to face their own biases and instead attempts to enforce them?

Yes, there are socioeconomic differences between world regions. But that doesn’t preclude people from enjoying sports.

Not everything is a consequence of neomarxist political thought. Perhaps explore the world, before making biased presuppositions, author.

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> I think the bias here is the opposite: the author is politically biased to believe this “classism struggle” somehow doesn’t enable manual Labors to play sports?

It's funny coz statistically speaking these "manual laborers" are likely to kick the author's ass in whatever sport he wants to do for leisure.

Or just find the local ball parks and look for the amateur teams.