They serve no utility besides entertainment. I reference specifically billion dollar sports teams. I understand playing sports is great for exercise with friends, but NFL, NBA, MLB tickets are just money pits for the excess money of sportsfans. Comment below what else is excess within a civilization. Things that are a sign of abundance and a rich country.
They are an essential way of letting young men compete without violence. People call prostitution the oldest profession but it’s actually war.
Have you seen Draymond Green punch Jordan Poole?
Guess what made the Roman peasants stay calm despite a crappy life compared to their lieges? The public bath and coliseum fixed everything. Seeing gladiators chopping each other off or getting eaten by animals made them forget about revolting. That is why sports are a necessity.
Sadly a lot more true than people realize
Sports employee tens of thousands of Americans. There is some utility.
Do not mistake employment with utility.
What has inherent utility really
Food
Only if you think living longer has inherent utility.
Is religion a sign of excess in society? It creates fake problems and offers fake solutions to them if you buy-in. You'd think people would have enough issues in reality that they wouldn't invent ethereal problems to be concerned about
Guess there's an opportunity for you to give them real solutions.
> no utility besides entertainment So it has utility
Why do we need entertainment. Why didnt humans evolve to just be maximally productive?
You obviously need entertainment if you're on blind
Tomorrow you’ll come here and say all singers, actors and other artists are just entertainers. Dude you need to get out of your tech bubble and grow a pair. Btw do you play any sport or have any hobby other than blind or coding?