I know there are wrestlers out there who have aptitudes for things in life that go beyond wrestling, and who have thinking capacities that will allow them to go beyond the mere absorption and parroting of platitudes that are mistaken for certainties in today's society. Some of these platitudes absolutely have to deal with our vast misunderstanding of what passes for environmental situation - that is, the mostly utter nonsense that the earth is about to suffer from a global meltdown due to man's emissions. It's not a requirement. I guess if you think art has no application to your life, you can avoid reading this. But I think it's worth a read.
Art has an application to everyone's life.
These weren't pesty little bureaucrats and greenies who went around the countryside harassing everyone who wasn't doing things properly according to the latest social hype. See Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, or the Hunchback in 'Hunchback of Notre Dame'. Hugo also wrote an incredible novel called 'Toilers of the Sea'. It's kind of an obscure book that you most likely won't find at Barnes and Nobles.