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This whole debacle feels like a whataboutist's dream. There are problems all around the world. Some are normalized and accepted. Others are foreign to us and ea
by aww_dang 4y ago
This whole debacle feels like a whataboutist's dream. There are problems all around the world. Some are normalized and accepted. Others are foreign to us and easy to object to.
Overall it feels like humanity can do better. Many have written at length on this topic.
I just want to enjoy the sports drama. Sports is mostly a diversion. A spectacle to take our minds off from other things. Please, no flames. I won't take a position on the controversies here. The whole cup is a fail if the issues around Qatar's policies distract us from our escapism.
- wellthatsawrap1 4y agoI completely agree, but that's not the cancel culture we have come to know and love.
- jleyank 4y agoBread and circuses, that’s the ticket. But even that is impacted by politics as liquid bread is forbidden and the punters actions are restricted. But then these kinds of activities show that money has to be very, very, very dirty before people will stop taking it. As we see with Twitter, present a company with a loss-making prospect and it reacts. Until that happens, it’s pleasant noises.