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Line 33: − * The game forbids frequent stops, which can be compared to "carbon footprint" efforts to fight supposed [[global warming]].
→Soccer and socialism
* The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies.
* The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies.
* The "off-sides" rule prohibits using certain aggressive ("unfair") tactics in the game.
* The "off-sides" rule prohibits using certain aggressive ("unfair") tactics in the game.
* Soccer is very bureaucratic, and teams are very much tied to their countries.
* Soccer is very bureaucratic, and teams are very much tied to their countries.
* The US is often treated unfairly by other nations in the game, one reason being soccer's lack of popularity in the US - socialism always claimed to favor the absolute will of the majority rather than personal and economic freedom of the individual.
* The US is often treated unfairly by other nations in the game, one reason being soccer's lack of popularity in the US - socialism always claimed to favor the absolute will of the majority rather than personal and economic freedom of the individual.