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The West is a joke. Germany and two other countries could easily team up and hold an alternative World Cup. We could just unilaterally do it, the original one w
by allendoerfer 5y ago
The West is a joke. Germany and two other countries could easily team up and hold an alternative World Cup. We could just unilaterally do it, the original one would instantly lose the bit of legitimacy it has left. But we are not even doing that. How is the world supposed to take us serious, when we are not exercising power, where we actually have it?
- ProjectArcturis 5y agoYeah, FIFA went so far this time. They went from ordinary everyday corruption to cartoonish super-corruption. If a few prominent teams held an alternative World Cup it could have broken FIFA forever. But instead, here we are...
- vadfa 5y ago>from ordinary everyday corruption to cartoonish super-corruption Got that reference!
- sharken 5y agoWell, just take a look at the Formula 1 calendar to see how the West is doing. Last three countries are: Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi. It's as if we're not even trying and just condoning the way human rights are treated. https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2021.html https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2021.html
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- ethbr0 5y agoIf you have money and want to buy a better global reputation without internal changes, I can't think of a better way than international sports.
- blocked_again 5y agoWest is no longer powerful. 21st century is the century of India, China and Asia.
- allendoerfer 5y agoThe last World Cup winners are: - 2018: France - 2014: Germany - 2010: Spain - 2006: Italy
- fullshark 5y agoI don't think OP was talking about Soccer ability
- kzrdude 5y agoWorld cup is entertainment, not a power allocation
- aliswe 5y agoisnt there soft power of some sort in this though?
- blocked_again 5y agoNow go and look at where does the sponsorship money of the top clubs of these countries come from.
- allendoerfer 5y agoMostly from Adidas and Nike. But I get your point. Still you cannot fully buy the industry. It is tied to passports.
- blocked_again 5y agoYou think Nike and Adidas spent more money on European football in last 5 - 10 years than Qatar sports investments group and City Football Group?
- pennaMan 5y agoWhy is deciding what nation has the best ball kickers relevant to anything at all let alone be an exercise of power to hold said competition?
- hiddencost 5y agoIt's been used as an indicator species: can your society support the infrastructure necessary to gather, train, and support a team; it's read as a marker of the health of the rest of the system.
- blocked_again 5y agoBrazil and Argentina is more successful than Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Canada, Norway, USA, Japan, Korea and Englad combined. What exactly is the takeaway here?
- pennaMan 5y agoWhen FIFA permits cybernetic implants for players I'll be interested in the marker the competition will yeild.
- allendoerfer 5y agoIt is the most watched event of humankind. If you want to call the winner the world champion, it would really help, if there weren't some alternative tournament, which champion is better than yours. The simple fact, that Qatar bothered to buy the whole thing shows, that it is important.
- Bombthecat 5y agoMoney talks.
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- davidhyde 5y ago> "How is the world supposed to take us serious" They should at least take them cereal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h05YfP_8UsU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h05YfP_8UsU
- Y_Y 5y agoNot to disagree with you, but I'd like to note FIFA is based in Switzerland.
- ProjectArcturis 5y agoAs are the bank accounts of many of its member-countries' representatives.
- outside1234 5y agoWell that explains how all decisions are made based on money and not morals then.
- hutzlibu 5y agoSo you are saying, the swiss have no morals beside money? Sounds strange to me, given their history. Sure, they are engaged in banking, but also not in invading other countries, unlike most of the rest of the world. In either case, nationalistic stereotypes are seldom helpful for any debate.
- outside1234 5y agoInvading other countries in WWII wasn't necessary when all of the Nazi gold from the fillings would just come to them anyway. Then there is the "banking privacy" nonsense, which is just because they want to avoid disclosing the tax evasion and money laundering. And the crypto nonsense in Zug. It really goes on and on.
- rosndo 5y ago> Then there is the "banking privacy" nonsense, which is just because they want to avoid disclosing the tax evasion and money laundering. Way to normalize mass surveillance.