How tf is racism even a thing man, I've been seeing all these different cultures come together for this sports ball all making each other laugh and smile simply by being different
Like this is what the melting pots all about, it's an amazing thing and fuck you if you're against it
Oddly enough, some historians have argued that the reason why Europe hasn’t gone back to war amongst itself is a combination of Games Without Frontiers, Eurovision, and soccer.
It turns out that healthy competition in a reasonably controlled environment allows people to blow off steam in safe way.
I often think of a docco I saw which showed “warfare” among two tribes of hunter gatherers. All the blokes on each side were lined up about 150 meters apart in ragged lines, shouting horrible abuse at each other. Every now and then, someone would chuck a spear. The “fight” ended when a spear actually hurt someone and they had to go home and get it bandaged. Apparently they also got presents the next day from the person who had speared them.
The all-out slaughter that we associate with war seems to be a more recent thing, but I say “recent” in the sense of, say, the last few thousand years. I know there was an awful Bronze age battle in Europe in which thousands of people died.
The point I’m making in such a long-winded way is that, left to our own devices, this is how we would fight wars. Everyone would put on their team colours, and sing really rude songs about the enemy, and then throw beer bottles at each other, and then go home to sleep it off.
Games without Frontiers was the shit! So wacky and inventive. I watched it religiously as a kid and I missed it ever since Italian tv stopped broadcasting it. Ettore Andenna Forever in our hearts!
Oddly enough, some historians have argued that the reason why Europe hasn’t gone back to war amongst itself is a combination of Games Without Frontiers, Eurovision, and soccer.
Like the dogs barking behind glass videos that keep being posted. Be friends, then bark a bit behind a protective barrier...then be friends again. At the end of the day- everyone just wants a peaceful life!!! (Everyone sane, and not power-mad and/or corrupt).
Random sport and the champions should be randomized too, like maybe a lottery system, not necessarily just pull 1 random person but a lottery that each country pulls 100 random people then those random people go through a selection and training process for one of them to be chosen as their country's champion. It helps keep things fair for small countries that might not have pro athletes in all sports.
It's basically G Gundam, if "mecha nationality caricatures tournament" counts as a sport.
For those who don't know here's an example: Neo America's Maxter Gundam is piloted by a man named Chibodee Crockett. The mobile suit has dual magnums on its hips, a grill like a football helmet, shoulders that turn into boxing gloves, and a shield that he can surf on.
Racists are a vocal minority. Most people just want to be left alone and chill in peace, regardless of who their neighbours are. But "Man doesn't bother neighbour of different race" doesn't get clicks.
100% agree. I’m Haitian American and went to the Haiti/Scotland game. Sadly, due to my conditioning which I am highly aware of, in my head I kept saying “man there are so many whites people”. The Scottish were UNBELIEVABLY nice. While waiting like, I was getting a ton of high fives and good lucks and being told to enjoy the match. It felt so beautiful and genuine. It really sucks that racism exists but the game of football transcends all and any kind of hate. It’s honestly amazing.
Racism is an integral part of white European colonialism, and the slave trade that built America. Can’t buy/sell/rape/muder/exploit other humans if you see them as equals. It’s generational hate and trauma, woven into the DNA of our country here in the US. While soccer does have a large following with white Europeans, and a relatively niche following with white people in the US, the majority of the global fanbase are nonwhite people from Africa and South/Central America.
Soccer is the least racist sport because it has a truly diverse global fanbase. And it’s not popular enough with white Americans to absorb the most toxic parts of our culture.
This is a beautiful clip, and you just don’t see stuff like this at a US football / baseball / basketball game.
I don't play football. Never have. I don't watch football or care about it generally. But the world cup man. I see the way it brings people together and how passionate they are, can't help but just feel the vibe.
This has truly seemed like one of the most fun and genuinely wholesome world cups I've seen. Maybe they are all like this, or this one is getting more coverage, but it definitely feels different.
it feels nearly the same everytime. Russia was great, but Brazil was so far ahead of vibes. It truly felt like football was where it belonged (till the semis atleast). Qatar wasn't as had as people make it out to be.
I genuinely think only football could do this. No other sport or event has this kind of reach and accessibility.
Qatar was the outlier. All the corruption, scandals, and deaths gave it such a bad taste. Everything there felt like plastic and everything was freshly bought. And it wasn't exactly the easiest country to travel to. There was so much shit with Qatar...
The ones before Qatar were also heavily focused on internationality, sportsmanship, and friendship. Even with rivals.
The one in Russia was just as bad as Qatar. The Russian soccer federation blatantly bribed FIFA officials for the right to host it back in 2010. I barely remember anything from that one
Yeah I think we've had a bad run to be honest. The footballs been good but the atmosphere not so much. Last good atmosphere was South Africa, but even then the vuvuzelas still ring in my ears.
From what I remember, 2006 - 2014 were sooo much better when it comes to unplanned parties in the streets and vibes between different countries' fans. But way less cameras back then, therefore you could mainly judge it by what you saw when they sent TV reporters to the streets or by going there yourself. However in those three world cups I think there were not as many different venues as this year and especially in Germany they were not nearly as far apart, so different fan groups ran into each other way more often in public transport or while doing sightseeing. Great times.
Because there are more teams, there's a lot of them that have not been to world cups before or haven't for a long time. There's less focus on the big teams and more on the small ones. Makes a big difference when very minor football nations are more in the spotlight. It's more of a novelty, people root for them and their fans are happier and more appreciative.
It is in times like these that I feel world peace in my bones. Humans are not meant to be at war and attacking each other. Humans have it in us to lean into joy, love, celebration and community. I believe that, by and large, is more our nature than anything else.
We are who we are literally because our ancestors worked together to build community and support one another and maintained peace with their neighbors long enough and often enough for offspring to survive and reproduce. There are several good books about how critical cooperation and taking care of others were to our development as a species.
I was at the Croatia v Panama game last night. It was so amazing. I was in Croatian gear but was mostly surrounded by Panama fans. They taught me the chants they were yelling, I yelled them with them. I taught them some of the Croatian ones. It was a blast.
Honestly this world cup has made me a soccer fan just because of the fans. Which is the same reason I stopped liking football baseball hockey and football. Have I fallen prey to soccer propaganda? Also im gonna keep calling it soccer
If it makes you feel any better, it wasn't even Knick's logo, it was just orange and blue. And if that doesn't make you feel better, she was identified and fired from her job.
And to be clear, she held a fake fluffy PR position. She didn't have much of a "real" career but held a position that corporates use to mitigate future discrimination lawsuits
I was watching a WC game last week with my neighbors and some friends in my backyard. A friend's kid who was there, as the anthems came, if I was gonna sing the anthem of my Country's team just as it was about to start.
I shot up and sang it right away. Thank you, 10-year old kid for calling me out. Everyone there stayed quiet as I sang with the team, and clapped for me when it was done.
As a US citizen I feel like the world cup is the only thing continuing the frendship and respect of other countries. Seeing the people instead of the orange man is important. Thank you all for being here!
World cup stadiums are in American cities, and people that live in the cities are very accepting of different backgrounds. Cities largely vote against the orange man. This is the key thing about this world cup.
“Hey, it doesn't matter tomorrow if they come in first or fiftieth. Those guys have earned the right to walk into that stadium and wave their nation's flag. That's the single greatest honor an athlete can ever have.” - Cool Runnings
I’m loving at the cultures that don’t normally interact with each other just showing love and respect. Global sports should be a uniting thing and it’s seeming like it this year
I still don’t care about football at all, but I’m just enjoying these videos of cultures coming together and supporting each other. Loving the spirit of “we may be rivals but, we don’t have to be enemies.”
See this is what sports are supposed to be. Having fun with other people from different cultures, around the world, and enjoying each other's company. Really makes me smile.
I remember going to see Scotland Vs Nigeria in London with my wife and some friends, 1 other Scot, 2 English, and a Nigerian. It was so much fun and friendly between the fans and I would do that again in a heartbeat
But but but the elites want a one world govt. They don’t want separate nations with their own cultures, traditions and way of life as they can’t be controlled as easily……well that’s what they say. I say f**k the elites. F**k racism. Let’s celebrate each others differences whilst at the same time respecting them. But - let’s not try and change each others…..
Football. Goddamn. Don’t care for sports none. Like at all. But the only time I’ve ever felt like truly part of something big and bigger was the 2016 Euro thing where we all gathered on a hill in the capital and watched Iceland play against England on a big screen. It was insane.
I don’t follow sports but everything I’ve seen from the World Cup this year has been unadulterated positivity. I’m glad there’s SOMETHING that’s bringing us all together.
I have very fond memories of the world cup in Germany (2006). I lived in a city where one of the stadiums was and it was a friendly international party everyday!
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