And here’s a list (to be updated as needed) of things that people have thought this parable is about (spoilered for the benefit of anyone who wants to come to their own conclusion first):
“SJW”
Israel, Palestine, etc.
“the mammals post Chicxulub impact”
“power” (“the spectacle is not where power is”; “… if you want to know who will win, you should probably look outside the ring, where the real power is. Watching the spectacle is a rube’s game”)
And here’s a list (to be updated as needed) of things that people have thought this parable is about (spoilered for the benefit of anyone who wants to come to their own conclusion first):
“SJW”
Israel, Palestine, etc.
“the mammals post Chicxulub impact”
“power” (“the spectacle is not where power is”; “… if you want to know who will win, you should probably look outside the ring, where the real power is. Watching the spectacle is a rube’s game”)
“treat your station in life with indifference”
“Thought experiment to see reactions to divine intervention or an incomprehensible ‘miracle’”
“if the ‘underdog’ wins, they weren’t really the underdog and had outside help”
“sports betting”