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I guess my problem with "Fifa does Argentina's eeeeevil bidding" narratives is like, why though? We have a GDP of 2$, zero soft power and negative hard power, literally what leverage do we have?
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@AppleAmps It's not Argentina they care about, it's Messi
He makes them a ridiculous amount of money
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@usernameswift
Yeah, well people also like haaland and he just got his shit pushed in.
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@AppleAmps Oh sure, but he's a new face
If you ask any given person to name a player, it'll probably be either Ronaldo or Messi
There are even Messi branded shorts at walmart
Whether they're intentionally making calls in favour of Argentina or not can't be definitively proven (though they've certainly shown themselves to be corrupt so far this tournament), but there is most definitely a financial incentive to have him continue to play
And making money is higher on the list of FIFA's priorities than keeping the integrity of the sport intact
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shroomie/joan (of the agaric system)

@AppleAmps what are people saying exactly? i don’t watch football

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