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As long as the rich get richer who cares right? Watch men chase the ball, its a good circus.
Please let people scrape some enjoyment out of the constant barrage of awful things happening.
So contributing to the problem is ok as long as its fun. Got it.
Nope, but direct moralizing and public shaming doesn’t work well to change behavior when you’re doing it to an anonymous person (it’s still not great irl, but at least there’s accountability involved).
How many vegans do you know who went vegan after someone online said “so rape’s okay when the victim’s a cow?” (I just used that as a comparison because it’s a philosophy predicated upon changing personal consumption to fit morals, to be clear. Also, I looked, but there’s not yet a great comprehensive study on what exactly made people go vegan yet, but they’re collecting data now, if anyone wants to participate.)
Its more like an exasperation. It doesn’t matter what I say here really. But I have to acknowledge it.
It’s just a sign of the times. Here you have a sport that nearly anyone can play. For a lot of people locally it can bring community together, gives people something to do and rally behind.
But the “circus” part of my statement is so on the nose: A non profit “charity” leveraging pay to play tactics to funnel money and power around an elite group of billionaires and corporations. Corruption, bribery, and even racism all are part of the politics of this sport. The whole reason why it is mentioned here. A way for Trump to call out to his maga base by showing them who is in charge, he can even reign in Fifa. Of course we get the obligatory statement from FIFA: “Football must never become a playground for political power.”, which is just more nonsense, because that is all it is.
Anyways, I am sure everyone knows that, but why support it? Cheering on the games, watching them, going to them, only continues to enrich the commercial interests who then use that money to leverage political gain and more power.
I just don’t get it: people are willing to make their lives worse and literally pay for that privilege, what else can I say?
People are generally willing to make their lives a little worse for entertainment, it’s a quirk of the species. Yes, it’s a distraction, but people need distractions.
If people stay laser focused on the awful things going on, they won’t be more empathetic and able to help, they’ll feel more helpless. It’s a good thing to be informed, but only to a point.
Its not a little worse. It is a LOT worse. Its not a distraction, its a freaking denial. Its like a late stage alcoholic that figures drinking is fine because it makes them feel a little better.
There are a million things to do that are distractions, this is no excuse. This is like watching your house on fire and helping pour on the petrol, because for a while, that is fun.
People do that, all the time. At least there’s a significant effect from alcohol, but go to any cancer treatment center and see if the ashtray outside is empty. It’s not.
But no, I don’t really see how an American who can afford tickets is blowing up their life by doing so. Someone’s life, sure. And that matters a lot, but they probably also buy clothing and shoes, so they’re most likely already benefiting from slavery. There’s no ethical consumption under capitalism.
That’s not a reason that people should use to just do what they want, but people also don’t deserve abuse for not boycotting the things you boycott (nor will it help convert them)
Abuse? Lol abuse?
Really?
I made my case, I stand by it. All the grift and power gained by these events is just another one on the pile, and if only hurt the individual I wouldn’t care.
No, they do not get a pass for contributing to making everything worse, in a huge way, when they could simply not.