[AlbertCory]

There's a whole universe of scholarship on the reasons people want stuff. If you think about it, anyone trying to sell you stuff is dying to figure that out.

"Because other people want it" is, no doubt, ONE of those reasons. But the only one? Please.

As for ManU not being the People's Team anymore: the explanation for that has more to do with money and the structure of professional sports than anything else. I watch the Cubs and don't know half those players, either, and it's not because of globalization. Maybe Mike Trout will play his whole career with the Angels, but most players move around.

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that I have a patent [1] on using "endorsements" to sell stuff! So obviously I'm not denying that there's some role for influencers.

[1] https://patents.google.com/patent/US20150363809A1/en?invento...

[Kon-Peki]

I’m actually really curious to know when ManU was really thought of as the people’s team. I always thought that Man City was the team for the working class and city dwellers, whereas ManU was the management-class and suburban team.