this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2023
2 points (100.0% liked)
Main
139 readers
3 users here now
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
celebs should never ever be taken seriously when it comes to any other matter than the one they actually excel at, be it football or acting etc.
No I dont want a fucking actor, raised by actors, isolated from society telling me how to vote or what to think about economics. Same goes for footballers. These people are not normal in any sense of the word nor do they have any understanding of the world they live in so sheltered.
This isn't generally true of footballers, lots of them come from normal working class families and have an idea of what life is like for average people.
See Marcus Rashford for one, he is so passionate about tacking poverty because he lived through it, and he isn't an anomaly, there are so many footballers that grew up in rough circumstances past and present.
On the other hand they've pretty much all been in professional football from their teens and not had to deal with any of these things in adult life first hand.
And that's why I said they have an idea of what life is like for the average person i.e. their parents and families. which is a lot more than what the original commenter was giving them credit for.