Obama Deserves The World Title: How Politics Mirrors Wrestling

Excellent article by Keelan Balderson:

Where pro wrestling is simple entertainment and the “Hulkamania” from the 80s was harmless (although a little nauseating), something that is definitely not harmless is the Barackamania the world is experiencing now. We can suspend our disbelief and get wrapped up in the moment when Vince McMahon is trying to sell tickets to a wrestling event, but it’s extremely dangerous to suspend our disbelief and get wrapped up in an election. Just like a wrestler, Obama is acting and working his audience, wowing us with his mic work and the spectacle of his stage. His inauguration was like the set for Wrestlemania! Essentially Obama is a face (good guy) and the heels are whoever the US opposes. Instead of the elite McMahon family dictating what the wrestlers do and say we have the elite bankers and corporations meeting Obama. Instead of WWE.com covering the storylines we have Fox News, and for the small portion of the audience who want the backstage truth we replace Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter and Wade Keller’s PWTorch with Alex Jones’ Infowars and Paul Jay’s Real News Network. The problem here is that we are dealing with the well-being of the entire world, not 60 or so pro wrestlers...More?

source: wrestlingtruth.com