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‘Cancel your tickets’: Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump admin (www.rawstory.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca
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[–] 24 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Just go to the matches in Canada and Mexico. They're suffering under Trump much more than the rest of the world.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Or ideally don't go to any matches. It's actually more ethical to pirate stream any FIFA matches lol

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    Maybe, but actually going to a world cup match in person with thousands of other people supporting your country is probably a pretty special experience that not many people get to do in their lifetimes. Watching it on TV is never going to feel like that, especially watching at home on a pirate stream. It's probably what I'll do. And a big part of the reason is that I don't want FIFA to get any money from me. But, I know I'm missing out on a unique experience.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    Well yeah, the '34 Nuremberg rally must have been pretty memorable and impressive to see in person too.

    But hardly anybody later in life was like "Hey kids, want to hear about this epic and awesome thing I went to before the war?"

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I think a better comparison would be the 1936 Olympics. And plenty of people were really happy to talk about how they were at the Olympics and watched a black American man beating the Nazis on their own turf.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    They’re suffering under Trump

    If you mean a booming local tourism industry and new trade deals across the world suffering, ok. Long term Trump may be the best thing to happen to Canada and Mexico.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    There's a recent article about trade:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-trade-oct-2025-9.7037913

    Exports to the US are still 2/3 of all Canadian trade. Canada's exports around the world did increase significantly in percentage terms (up 15.6%). But, because 2/3 of all Canadian exports are to the US, the fact they were down 4.1% is a major issue.

    As for booming tourism, I don't know where you're getting that statistic. International tourism overall is down 1.1% overall. Canadian residents are doing more tourism within Canada, but far fewer Americans are visiting, so overall things are down slightly.

    In the long run Canada may be less dependent on the US, which is a good thing. But, it's hardly a boon for the economy for the previously low-friction relationship to now be high-friction.

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