The Superbowl: A vehicle for the One Percent

In America, attacking the Superbowl, brings on the wrath of the American population. It is a 'sacred ceremony' of American culture becoming more outrageous every year. In this posting, I am definitely provoking controversy and intellectually taunting those who are fans. Either one will be outraged and 'froth at the mouth' at my comments and state, "How dare he criticize the Super Bowl! He is anti-American or a Communist!; or agree (perhaps reluctantly) with my sardonic remarks.

History repeats itself. In the last days of the Roman Empire, the nobility occupied the citizens of Rome with ever more fantastic and violent games. The games were a distraction deliberately sponsored by the Roman nobility to lull the masses into complacency and away from the fact that they were: in the midst of moral political and economic decay; the nobility's slaves/dependents and being fooled to pay homage to the gladiators whose fame was often brief.  Today, the Colosseum in Rome is in a hollow shell devoid of the blood thirsty masses. The Emperors and nobility are dust and denounced for their arrogance, debauchery and flaunting of enourmous wealth and power over the larger majority who were either slaves or impoverished subjects dependent upon their whims. As the examples of the Roman Empire were used by Machivelli in The Prince and other works, can we not also draw parallels from this time to ours? I think that the comparisons are hauntingly prophetic.

If one thinks this is only harmless entertainment, think again.. By supporting the Super Bowl  you are endorsing the One Percent, adding to their wealth and their control  over the Ninety-Nine Percent.  It is delusional  to rationalize it otherwise. . The  corporations and extremely rich individuals that fund this Bacchanalian event are the same that have allowed and encouraged the Supreme Court to rule in favor  Citizens United, encouraged state terrorism through the Patriot Act , discouraged energy sustainability, created the Financial Crisis of 2008,  led to the decline of the Middle Class. caused environmental degradation, outsourced American jobs, made an increasing number of people homeless and f created the culture of uber-consumerism that led to the American addition to credit and indebtedness, masking the growing inequality in incomes..( Urber-comsumerisn is concept of induced consumerism based on a invented need for the goods  based on a manufactured  perception of inadequacy without them. See the following link: http://wealthartisan.com/2010/04/07/uber-consumerism-explained/ ,).

In the struggle against the plutocracy that controls the U.S., one cannot selectively choose when to oppose the One Percent. The Superbowl is another blatant example that the One Percent are willing to spend millions to inculcate the U.S. public with their propaganda. We as Americans must acknowledge that this ultimate spectacle is a subversive vehicle for the One Percent;  This icon of American culture, must be relegated to the dust heap, as an additional message to the One Percent that their time is up.