What can a soccer club teach us about policy?

Masquerading as a soccer club, Manchester United is really an entity designed to suck the soul out of all who support it. What was once England’s top team has now descended into a mess of incompetence across all levels. Every new dawn is soon pulled back into an enduring nightmare. Why am I writing this? No, it is not a method of processing the agony I have from watching them every week. I think that United offers a very clear lesson for our current political-economic moment: The world we lived in yesterday is not the same as the one we are living now. To plan as if what we have is “given” or “correct” prevents us from adequately addressing new challenges that come up with development. First, a little bit of history for those who do not follow English soccer. Manchester United was once considered one of the best teams in the world.

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