Calls are growing on social media for international soccer fans to boycott the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which is being hosted across the United States, Canada and Mexico.

  • danc4498@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I would be genuinely shocked if FIFA notices or feels any impact. Qatar was a huge success for them regardless of their country’s issues.

    • UnspecificGravity@piefed.social
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      7 days ago

      I mean Qatar was not actively attacking locations that were hosting games now was it actively arresting all foreigners in their country for the crime of being in their country.

      • danc4498@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        Either will USA for 2 months. I’m just saying I think soccer fans value soccer much more than they value justice.

        • LordMayor@piefed.social
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          But, people have to plan a trip to the US much more than 2 months in advance. If the brownshirts don’t scare them, they still have to consider that they might get refused entry after paying for the flight, ticket car rental (they’ll need one) and hotel.

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            7 days ago

            My guess is that the Trump administration will loosen a lot of things for the duration of the World Cup. We’ll see though.

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          Its not about justice so much as its about how likely they are to get shot in the face, something that I think even soccer fans probably care about.

    • felixthecat@fedia.io
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      5 days ago

      Yep. If people didn’t boycott for literal slavery and terrible working conditions used to build the stadium in Qatar they won’t boycott the USA.