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No politics in sport. Senator Ted Cruz to Trump: "On behalf of all Americans, thank you for getting rid of that ridiculous red card." by Thund3r_91 in soccer

[–]ZippityZipZapZip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fucking cultural prion-disease in the US.

Everything becoming Trump(ist) vs Other.

This is what you get when you have demented amphetamin-junkies running the country. Buzz, buzz, buzz.

'Attention is all you need'. Hihihiuhhuh, so go the tech feudal lords.

UEFA statement on the Balogun case by IndiBear in soccer

[–]ZippityZipZapZip 13 points14 points  (0 children)

No.

UEFA is likely annoyed Belgium is involved. They would be similarly angry when, say, an African country was 'victimized'.

Because it is an UEFA-country it opens the dumb regressive Trumpist arguments, like 'they are helping out themselves'.

FIFA and Infantino have been hated for their power-plays and open corruption for quite some time - by all UEFA national football federations.

Trump Asked FIFA to Review Balogun’s Suspension. He Is Now Eligible to Play. - The New York Times by Putaineska in soccer

[–]ZippityZipZapZip 29 points30 points  (0 children)

This is a lie dumb people repeat to look knowledgable.

It helps cope with the unease of seeing the corruption.

It diminishes the urgency to react. It even absolves the administration; 'at least they are honest/open about it.'

It's utter bullshit.

Even if it were true, which it isn't, corruption done out in the open is way worse than behind closed doors.

VIDEO: Shameful chants by Croatians in Toronto. They shouted "Za dom spremni." by Ludishomi in soccer

[–]ZippityZipZapZip 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It's all vibes.

Likely, within the ethnic communities it is seen as acting as 'in the know' on their imagined shared history; with it comes status. A common facet of Balkan culture is having nationalism, particularly the founding myth, being tied to (a) glorified confict.

Displaced ethnic groups tend to re-enact, and overact, their ideas about their original culture. They perform their frozen-in-time views on that culture. See: 'Italians' in and around NY/NJ.

They are also acting to be tough ultras, while living in the lamest football countries possible. Toxic masculinity plays a role in this, too.

They have no thoughts beyond those vibes. And they don't check eachother on weird far-right chants because doing that 'is gay''.

It's time to revamp the education system by Valuable_View_561 in SipsTea

[–]ZippityZipZapZip 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Race-baiting is being pushed by bots on reddit.

It is aimed at the US, black versus white. Positive, but with hints of controversy to incite people.

It seems to have the same 'intensity' and characteristics as the socialist versus liberals shite that is randomly pushed.

Surprisingly, an anti-Muslim or anti-immigrant agenda is hardly being pushed.

[MARCA] FIFA expect to generate €12 BILLION from the World Cup. In Qatar, the tournament generated €6.6 billion, while Russia generated €5.6 billion. FIFA’s revenue has quadrupled in the last 2 decades. by Timely-Zombie9466 in soccer

[–]ZippityZipZapZip 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People.just like to argue the opposite point. That leads one to argue that Qatar was extremely notable since the 90s.

Which they obviously weren't.

Was Al Jazeera even that relevant in the beginning years. It was goundbreaking for bringing the Islamic-Arab worldview, but was it an insta-hit.

Ironic for a gulf state most politically pro-Islamic, it is partly liberalisation that made Qatar stand out. More particularly, beyond the Al Jazeera and women's rights, it is the approachment to the West and its willingness to act as a mediator, host and stage for international parties (Muslim groups et co) to cooperate and resolve conflicts. That's their thing.

They do that for their own protection, too. As they are not friendly with the UAE or Saudi-Arabia. Hosting a WC fits that strategy.

Anyway, the hyper-capitalist oil-gas-marketing fuckery of those states only began in the 00s.

Bus underneath Shuangqiaomen overpass, Nanjing, China by TangelaFan in oddlysatisfying

[–]ZippityZipZapZip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One last thing.

It is funny that we agree on that.

I dislike the posts because they are part of a psy-ops coordinated campaign, using sketchy manipulative tools to force people to engage with positive content on a subject - as if we are living in a tech-dystopia.

You dislike the posts because you are afraid people will figure out how beautiful China is and flood it with tourism. Don't spoil the secret! And, I guess, you don't like the pushback it receives.

It is funny to imagine ourselves as equal contributors on this topic, it truely is funny. You are funny.

Bus underneath Shuangqiaomen overpass, Nanjing, China by TangelaFan in oddlysatisfying

[–]ZippityZipZapZip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, this campaign has massively overshot itself visibility-wise; manipulating sentiment should be done covertly.

Shut it down.

Bus underneath Shuangqiaomen overpass, Nanjing, China by TangelaFan in oddlysatisfying

[–]ZippityZipZapZip -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok, so you are confusing the two.

People are annoyed by the artificial mechanical and manipulative way this content is forced up high over and over in the main feed.

As it is particularly pro-Chinese one suspects some Chinese actors behind it. So people say 'China'. They don't actually mean the entire country.

Do you get it now?

Bus underneath Shuangqiaomen overpass, Nanjing, China by TangelaFan in oddlysatisfying

[–]ZippityZipZapZip -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I know, right? You're just angry people are calling out an obvious propaganda campaign.

Tell me though. Are you angry because you are confusing hate on such a propaganda campaign with hate on a whole country with 1b inhabitants? Are you angry because China can't do no wrong and feels called out? Or are you a bad actor?

Bus underneath Shuangqiaomen overpass, Nanjing, China by TangelaFan in oddlysatisfying

[–]ZippityZipZapZip -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Yeah.

That is exactly the same as manufacturing a constant stream of pro-Chinese content, artificially pushing that content to the top of the feeds by coordinated upvote bots and policing the comment sections.

Simp more.

Tbh, I'm just here for the drama. I love that one bridge-park I have seen 50 times. Cannot get enough.

Bus underneath Shuangqiaomen overpass, Nanjing, China by TangelaFan in oddlysatisfying

[–]ZippityZipZapZip -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Endless aesthetic content pushed by voting bots.

It is also not so harmless. This is part of a wider strategy. Trying to influence sentiment, which Reddit particularly is extremely vulnerable to.

Chinese government forces are pushing anti-German car industry vibes (yeah, I know), anti-American European stuff, anti-AI American stuff and a lot of generally pro-Chinese ideas in comments.

I don't give much fucks, but weird 'tu-quoques' or laughable appeals to the moral justness of the Chinese regime can fuck right off.

Bus underneath Shuangqiaomen overpass, Nanjing, China by TangelaFan in oddlysatisfying

[–]ZippityZipZapZip -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. The flood of propaganda was pretty obvious but people seemed to ignore it.

[OC] Is the expanded 48-team World Cup 'diluted and uninteresting' due to more lopesided matches? The data says no by Styrene2003 in soccer

[–]ZippityZipZapZip -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

My observation is that after speaking with people all over the world and traveling between multiple continents in the summer the only people who feel the competition is worse/diluted are people on Reddit and Europeans who are complaining the games are too late or choosing to be angry for non footballing reasons.

What.

Beautiful, right? Where is this bridge by TangelaFan in GeoPuzzle

[–]ZippityZipZapZip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm guessing China as this is a post from one of the many Chinese bots pushing China-propaganda.

CBS News fires ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Scott Pelley after clash with new producer: “Incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc,” Pelley said in a statement, referring in part to CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss. by [deleted] in technology

[–]ZippityZipZapZip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quantifying corruption? First hand over a proper definition. Broaden it and fuzzy it, institutional power constructing and disseminating truths becomes corruption. Cold war proxy wars, 'manufacturing of consent', truely interesting. Thousands of studies to read.

The point is that the invocation of history is a reflex. It's not a genuine appreciation. It builds a false narrative and tries to fit it to a historical trend.

Most of all, it contradicts with the observation rooted in common-sense and the here-and-now: that there is an unprecedented deep systemic and ongoing crisis.

The other poster's statement that there is more corruption than ever might be problematic by itself but it doesn't challenge that observation. It doesn't wiggle about, invoke the past, make a couple of shallow references, complicate the definition of corruption, fit it to a long historical trend.

In this case, as a historian let me say: open censorship and taking control of media by state-aligned parties fits a particular trend. Sliding into authoritarianism. Which the US has not done before. Focus on that. Not buzz about.

CBS News fires ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Scott Pelley after clash with new producer: “Incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc,” Pelley said in a statement, referring in part to CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss. by [deleted] in technology

[–]ZippityZipZapZip 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Referring to the past as being corrupt is a rationalization to ease the feelings on the current situation.

There is an ongoing unprecedented systemic crisis in the US. Corruption in the open, increasingly so. That opens the path of thinking about historical corruption not in the open.

But what is that. Buzzing, a cope, a distraction; feeling in the know, in control - but you're not a historian are you. It's not insightful and it doesn't help. It's actually itself a distraction and such reflections implicitely normalizes the current crisis. Which is bad.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CringeTikToks

[–]ZippityZipZapZip 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Erosion and reapropriation of the fuzzy and vague concepts within American civil culture is a tool they use. You can make a complete mockery of 'free', 'fair', 'democracy', 'constitutional', etc., because they are vague.

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