The use of sport to distract people from the social conditions in society is an example of which of the following political uses
of sport? A. Vehicle for change in society
B. Vehicle for propaganda
C. Socializing agent
D. Opiate for the masses
E. Politician's exploitationof sport
The political circuit , that is , the politicians have developed methods of distracting people from the activities of the government. One of this things is sport.
Note that opiate means something that calms or soothes someone. This means that, sport has been chosen to calm people down, because it will temporarily suppress the underlying pain.
Therefore, sport will prevent people from rising up or fighting their leaders.
Confucianism is an ethic of moral uprightness, social order, and filial responsibility. And Legalism is a theory of autocratic, centralized rule and harsh penalties.
