What I find interesting about American Football is that the QBs are considered rivals, despite never being on the pitch at the same time. Messi and Ronaldo actually appear on many images contesting the same ball, Peyton and Brady you'd struggle to find pictures other than the post-match handshake.
Why isn't the rivalry considered to be between the QB and someone on the defense? There's actually two matchups in an NFL game (plus specials but whatever), the two offense versus defense pairings. It's odd to make the rivalry about two guys who aren't directly tackling each other, when there are people on both teams who really are tackling those guys.
hangonhn · 7m ago
Highly recommend the movie "Rush" about the F1 rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt. The movie is highly dramatized but this is one of the themes.
Animats · 43m ago
That's why capitalism is in trouble. No rival.
Having communism around kept capitalism honest. Without competition, it turned into "Greed is good, greed works". The best years for American workers were the post WWII years, when communism looked like a real threat.
lukebechtel · 29m ago
Wow, interesting point. Not sure I totally agree -- but it made me have the amusing thought:
"Maybe we need metacapitalism."
thinkingtoilet · 19m ago
I would argue the social-democracies of Europe are exactly what that is. The idea the free market can address so many things better than any other economic model, but maybe ruthless profits shouldn't drive health care.
dumama · 11m ago
Agreed. The market needs to be well regulated in order for it to be tuned for human well-being rather than just greed. It's clear that ruthless profits can't be your optimizing function when it comes health care, housing, education, and environment.
kryogen1c · 22m ago
>That's why capitalism is in trouble. No rival.
Isn't this an oxymoron? Isn't regulated free market competition a foundational principal of capitalism?
Animats · 1m ago
The point I'm making here was well understood in the post-WWII era. Here's the cartoon version: "Meet King Joe".[1] The more serious version, "Despotism".[2]
The hard sell version, "How to lose what we have."[3] All of these were produced for industrial companies.
It's worth understanding how this was viewed by the generation that won WWII.
Why isn't the rivalry considered to be between the QB and someone on the defense? There's actually two matchups in an NFL game (plus specials but whatever), the two offense versus defense pairings. It's odd to make the rivalry about two guys who aren't directly tackling each other, when there are people on both teams who really are tackling those guys.
Having communism around kept capitalism honest. Without competition, it turned into "Greed is good, greed works". The best years for American workers were the post WWII years, when communism looked like a real threat.
"Maybe we need metacapitalism."
Isn't this an oxymoron? Isn't regulated free market competition a foundational principal of capitalism?
It's worth understanding how this was viewed by the generation that won WWII.
[1] https://archive.org/details/MeetKing1949
[2] https://archive.org/details/Despotis1946
[3] https://archive.org/details/InOurHan1950_3