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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” -Upton Sinclair

Fifa is getting paid so much they don’t care.

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The 2022 Qatar World Cup was built largely by slaves, hundreds of whom died in the process. Nobody held them to account, so why wouldn’t they go to MBS’s Saudi Arabia?

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I love that people think sports organizations give a single fuck about anything other than money. Muhammad Bonesaw is throwing suitcases of money at the sports industry.

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As if any other country that hosted it is much better. One past and future host is now enabling a genocide.

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China hosted one

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So did France

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France’s history in Algeria is barbaric. So many awful things they did, especially during the Algerian war of independence.

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Giving Saudi Arabia the 2034 World Cup has been a longtime coming. The 2030 World Cup was split across South America, Africa and Europe, yes really, under the banner of it being the ‘centennial cup’. Of course they could have held it all in South America, Uruguay being the original hosts.

In World Cup rules once a continent has hosted the World Cup they can’t hold it again for a certain period. So FIFA decided to hold it in three continents at the same time, thus reducing the available opportunities for 2034 and pretty much guaranteeing Saudi for 2034

A great video on this subject. https://youtu.be/q6h-a4GfYy4?si=npwu5xXxWScuPu1J

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