Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 个月前Is there a point we can track down when we stopped caring about doctors, nurses, teacher, etc? And thought it was a great idea to pay atheletes millions and screw everyone else?message-squaremessage-square118linkfedilinkarrow-up1348arrow-down10
arrow-up1348arrow-down1message-squareIs there a point we can track down when we stopped caring about doctors, nurses, teacher, etc? And thought it was a great idea to pay atheletes millions and screw everyone else?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 个月前message-square118linkfedilink
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 个月前They used those events for military readiness. The skills that the athletes trained for were the same ones needed by soldiers.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 个月前Gladiators were not soldiers. Some were the equivalent of American Wrestling stars.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 个月前I was thinking more about Olympians. The Romans had a standing army so they didn’t need that sort of thing as much.
They used those events for military readiness. The skills that the athletes trained for were the same ones needed by soldiers.
Gladiators were not soldiers. Some were the equivalent of American Wrestling stars.
I was thinking more about Olympians. The Romans had a standing army so they didn’t need that sort of thing as much.