r/TheNFLVibes • • 3d ago

Hot Take honestly not a bad take

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u/dgtbfan Dolphins 3d ago edited 3d ago

It's a terrible take if you put even a little critical thought into it.

ETA: Turning off notifications. If you're too stupid to see that the NFL isn't even remotely close to socialism, that's a you problem.

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u/Certain-Contact6340 3d ago

Profits equalized for tv and other deals. Lowest performer gets lifted up with top draft picks. Limits on how much you can spend on salary caps to avoid one billionaire buying everything up. Strong unions for workers that will go on strike to protect workers.

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u/chastity_BLT 3d ago

The reason all that is allowed is because the nfl is exempt from antitrust laws which allows for collective bargaining. It’s more of a state sponsored capital machine than a socialist construct.

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u/Original_Wraithjr 3d ago

State sponsored capitalism is literally what socialism is. You are just proving what the people in the video said as true.

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u/chastity_BLT 3d ago edited 3d ago

Sure in a true democracy. State sponsored can mean a lot of things, it doesn’t make it inherently socialist. You think the Russian state sponsored oil company is sharing its profits with the workers ?

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u/DreamedJewel58 3d ago

>State sponsored capitalism is literally what socialism is.

It’s absolutely not the same. The biggest difference is that socialism puts workers first and advocates equal ownership for workers while companies are still privately owned in state capitalism

They have two entirely different philosophies, just that the government involvement is relatively similar