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PSA: We need to boycott the FIFA World Cup (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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[–] micnd90@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago

No, this is Mussolini 1934 World Cup. Fans are priced out of attending and watching the games. The host cities all suck, horrid public transport, stadiums not walkable, and people are jacking the prices of public transport to the stadium (e.g., the bus from Penn Station to Metlife cost $125). You need to take domestic/international flights around NA (and pay associated car rentals) to follow your team and watch the game you actually want to watch. They cheated Palestine with dodgy penalty out of Qualification. The temperature might literally be too hot.

I plan to touch grass and go multi-day backpacking hiking trip this summer.