Except pro athletes don't earn more than the rest of the world combined. Pro athletes don't control the prices of everything you've ever bought or rented. Pro athletes don't supply the politicians with enough legal bribes in a corrupt system that they're effectively in charge of the country.

If you don't think billionaires sucking up all the resources and political power matters to your daily life, you're either delusional or wilfully blind.

[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wasn't talking about the wealth of pro athletes but their athletic capabilities. Your workouts will be miserable for the rest of your life if those are the people you're comparing yourself to.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Again, the comparison itself isn't the point.

The point is that the astronomical levels of income and wealth of centimillionaires and billionaires aren't possible without ruining society in thousands of ways that DO affect YOU directly and profoundly whether or not you're actively comparing yourself to anyone.