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PSA: We need to boycott the FIFA World Cup (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by busesftw@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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I don't particularly enjoy watching sports - except for tuning in with friends. This time around, even that little affirmation of solidarity has had the joy stripped out of it - mostly because the USA is making the sport a uniquely horrid "spectacle". Capitalism is taking the opportunity to normalise all the oversized tickets, environmental damage, racist policing, and God knows what else. So, what is our community's view on watching this horrorshow play out? Is it something we should be boycotting this time? I can only see this tournament being a way for the US elite to yet again brag about their privilege, to put it mildly. And I can't imagine that would be good for football as a sport.

Quick edit: I think the question now is not whether we are boycotting it but how we will resist this sportswashing as spectators

Edit: I changed the post title due to the need to convey the message.

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[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Funnily enough, the US calls football, soccer, because the British originally used the word soccer and forced the Americans to adopt the word. Then the British decided to change the name to football, and force their empire to use the new name, which is why the game is globally known as football. By that time though the US had already broken away and weren't on the best terms with the empire, and they couldn't give less of a damn. The rest is history.

[–] CommieKhinkali@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 month ago

Oh wow didnt know that. So the root of all evil like always is the uk