Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 16 hours agoIs 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-square96fedilinkarrow-up1243arrow-down124
arrow-up1219arrow-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 · 16 hours agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 hours agoGladiators were not soldiers. Some were the equivalent of American Wrestling stars.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoI was thinking more about Olympians. The Romans had a standing army so they didn’t need that sort of thing as much.
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.