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In Spain soccer is culturally important - not economically central. Everyone in the world knows teams like Real Madrid or Barcelona. On the other side Spain is
by bromuro 4mo ago
In Spain soccer is culturally important - not economically central. Everyone in the world knows teams like Real Madrid or Barcelona. On the other side Spain is home of major telecom and banking multinationals, high-speed rail networks, renewable energy... the startup ecosystem is strong in many cities.
Also european countries are deeply competitive in areas like industrial automation, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, telecommunications infrastructure, renewable energy systems, scientific instrumentation, petrochemicals etc.
Tourism is strong because the immense cultural heritage.
- SpaceNugget 4mo ago> Everyone in the world knows teams like Real Madrid or Barcelona I promise you that if you go canvas a random selection of North Americans you would be astonished at how many do not recognize "Barcelona" as anything but a city. Football is really not very popular there. Though in recent years it is slowly becoming a bit more watched.
- ktallett 4mo agoI can assure you that Mexicans (where football is the main sport and has been for years) would, Hondurans, Panamanians, and many others. If you simply mean the USA and Canada say so. Football is the most watched sport comfortably, with the odd anomaly like the US.
- SpaceNugget 4mo agoIf I'm refuting that everyone in the world knows x, by showing a large population that doesn't know x. Saying that there is some other population that does know x makes no difference. GP: all trucks are red. Me: no, here's some trucks that are blue. You: but look how many red trucks I see over there.
- bromuro 4mo agoSeems a bit US-centric calling UA population "large": it is roughly the 4% of the world.
- breppp 4mo agoI think a good example of how this plays out is the way Gulf countries are buying European soccer clubs and Museums. Countries that are economically conscious of a future time where they will be left producing nothing (oil replacement) are seeing the european model as inspiration Your examples such as telecom and banking are supposed to support and grow out of a real economy, not replace it
- bromuro 4mo agoActually I was referring to China, South Asia, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, South Korea. There European football is immensely popular. Or are these country not "economically conscious" either. Are the US economically "conscious" too?