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That America endorses the NFL’s pain party starts to say something about the country. Such as: American culture is replete with couch-jockeys who feel more masculine for having watched other people destroy themseves. Or: American culture is fine with perpetuating a system of destruction, so long as a few, mostly poor people are involved. In many ways, our attitudes towards fetishized athletes mirror our attitudes towards those glorious troops whom we only support with platitudes.
The NFL: An indictment of America - Super Bowl - Salon.com
“America is the first country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without the usual intervening period of civilization.”
–Oscar Wilde
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