And they wonder why tourism is decreasing
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Haha human rights violations are hilarious
This guy can't even pretend to be a normal person.
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Fortunately, if this shit keeps up, there are two other countries where to celebrate matches. Mexico is shaping up nicely for the World Cup, and tourism comes natural to our culture.
That its being co hosted will backfire on the US. If it was just the US and nobody turned up they can and will blame football for that rather than their own idiocy, but because Mexico and Canada are also hosting matches if they get great attendance then its clearly an issue with the US.
If you want to go, go to the matches in Mexico or Canada, spend your money there.
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Everyone, go to the world cup to beat up ICE and throw them in a prison where they can’t leave.
A better tomorrow
As long as MAGA policies and the walking farts responsible for them are in place/in charge, I will never again set foot on US soil. There are plenty of other places to visit.
Good. I hope everyone that can, absolutely avoids this country like the plague. If the oligarchs wanna fuck around with stealing elections, they can find out when their companies go bankrupt, and they lose their shirts.
It’ll be like have 3 empty super bowls a day
Been to Canada and Mexico.
Flew over that shithole but that's as close I want to come to that awful country, no matter who's in charge.
I've heard plenty horrible stories from people I know who got treated badly by their gestapo cops and border goons.
Can the participating countries boycott the matches in that is held within the US?
They never do. Hell, they all went to Qatar. Fifa is a system genuinely built on corruption. And although corruption is money-driven most of the time, it‘s most notably a corruption of minds and souls.
We blew all the goodwill we earned for taking down Sepp Blatter, damn near immediately.
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Why should those countries be punished?
Exclude US and have them in Mx and Canada.
Or to piss them off more let Cuba and Venezuela hold some matches
Reminder that every time they say something that causes offense they say it was just a joke.
Narrator: it was not a joke
Treating all foreigners as criminals is something he's so excited about, he just can't keep quiet about it. There probably are some people dumb enough to go to that country just to watch some sports, but they aren't going to have a good time.
You gonna deport the athletes too?
Guaranteed this happens to at least one athlete. That many non-whites coming in for a work trip? Someone is going to get arrested.
I bet they'll do this to the ones who have a chance of beating American athletes.
That's most of them.
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I wonder if the IOC will be using the World Cup as a test bed. This certainly will not go well - there will be horrific stories coming from the few athletes and tourists that DO come for some reason, and attendance will be otherwise annihilated. What are the chances that the 2028 Summer Olympics in LA get moved? They'll have 2 full years to ramp up in another city elsewhere in the world, probably one that has had the Olympics in the recent past and has the infrastructure built out already.
It won't be moved, like the Olympics wasn't moved from Berlin in 1936.
That's an interesting point. However, my understanding is that the world did not understand the full extent of atrocities being committed in 1930s Germany until after the war was over. I think in the age of the internet and social media, this certainly could be the first.
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Anyone who is mad enough to visit the US for attending a sports game in this day and age almost deserves that treatment. Like, are you ok?
With games taking place in both Mexico and Canada, does that make the entire US into flyover state?
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What a swell idea, Vance! I've been trying to figure out how to persuade my compatriots why visiting the US aren't worth the risks, and it really helps when the Vice President makes my case for me. Cheers, buddy!
When you find "funny" how mean you can be to someone, you're just making sure everyone knows you're a fucking loser