Actually the Ur example of Anti-Golfers might be in communist China, where golfing is seen as a wasteful extravagance of the wealthy. Chinese businessmen relish the opportunity to go overseas to play golf because they can't do it much at home.
This is such an oddly specific hot take that I can only imagine Carlin (and all the other anti-golfers) picked up the idea during his morning reads of The Daily Worker.
Probably reasonable to assume that random comments on an English Yahoo! article are Chinese communist agents too.
It always astonishes me how one of the most famous people on earth with a net worth of several million dollars managed to trick two generations into thinking he's "just like them" simply because he put his hair in a ponytail. The man's entire act was "how do you do, fellow proletariat?"
where golfing is seen as an wasteful extravagance of the wealthy
The thing is, it kind of is. Simply because the amount of space and upkeep it takes to keep one running, but the game itself requires extremely small amounts of players on it at any certain time to function.
I live out in a drought prone county with plural golf courses and its a constant problem of "well rich retirees and tourists deserve the water more than our ranchers and farmers" to keep them running.
Regardless of that. One provides a pretty necessary and important service, while the other is requiring a significantly larger investment to provide leisure to the upper class. Especially when the ranchers have been here for generations and settled the land, while the golfers came in recently and our loving government decided to give it to them.
Especially as most of ours is in horses and meat, less in crops. Most of which are native to the land anyway.
Actually the Ur example of Anti-Golfers might be in communist China, where golfing is seen as a wasteful extravagance of the wealthy. Chinese businessmen relish the opportunity to go overseas to play golf because they can't do it much at home.
This is such an oddly specific hot take that I can only imagine Carlin (and all the other anti-golfers) picked up the idea during his morning reads of The Daily Worker. Probably reasonable to assume that random comments on an English Yahoo! article are Chinese communist agents too.
George Carlin wasn't above class warfare to win friends and influence people.
It always astonishes me how one of the most famous people on earth with a net worth of several million dollars managed to trick two generations into thinking he's "just like them" simply because he put his hair in a ponytail. The man's entire act was "how do you do, fellow proletariat?"
The thing is, it kind of is. Simply because the amount of space and upkeep it takes to keep one running, but the game itself requires extremely small amounts of players on it at any certain time to function.
I live out in a drought prone county with plural golf courses and its a constant problem of "well rich retirees and tourists deserve the water more than our ranchers and farmers" to keep them running.
My counter point about the farming is maybe you shouldn't farm super water intensive crops in a desert.
See also, most of ca.
Regardless of that. One provides a pretty necessary and important service, while the other is requiring a significantly larger investment to provide leisure to the upper class. Especially when the ranchers have been here for generations and settled the land, while the golfers came in recently and our loving government decided to give it to them.
Especially as most of ours is in horses and meat, less in crops. Most of which are native to the land anyway.
That sounds like the root of the problem, besides the fact that water is a limited resource in drought-prone areas.