From author’s telegram
The world’s eyes are on Lionel Messi, as Argentina will face Spain in the World Cup Final. The diminutive superstar has gained a massive following across the planet, not least in Israel, thanks to his numerous business and security connections with the Apartheid State. From being the face of an Israeli A.I. company led and run by Israeli spies, entrusting his private security to a team of Israel secret agents, I explore the reasons why Benjamin Netanyahu considers him to be his favorite football player.
I had a discussion with a friend about whether or not to support Argentina’s team because of their racism so I ended up trying to do some very basic reading about racism there. I learned that they still to this day have an article in their constitution exclusively encouraging and facilitating immigration of Europeans, and that this article has survived 7 constitutional reforms for over 100 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Argentina#"European"_racism_and_Article_25_of_the_Constitution
This reads to me like supporting Israel because they’re gay and there are homophobic Palestinians.
I don’t think the two are equivalent, but you may have a different interpretation of the two things than I do. I just haven’t learned of a good reason to support Argentina other than some sense of Latin American solidarity, while many things I’ve read and heard about them provide indications that they would not reciprocate. See my reply to your other comment for further reference.
Hello? It’s Spain vs Argentina, Colonizer vs Colonized? Spain still lives off the interests of the wealth plundered in Latin America.
Like I said in my other post, maybe I’ll revert to wishing for them both to lose.
I initially thought in terms of colonizer vs. colonized too, but I now thing that that’s a bit too simple. With admittedly only a little evidence (here’s an example from a quick search), I understand that Argentinians like to think of themselves as European and not Latin American. Their demographics reflect this. Compare the ethnic composition of Argentina vs. Brazil vs. Mexico vs. Spain. Argentina’s (estimated around 80% white or more) is a lot closer to Spain’s (85%) than to either Brazil’s (who they share a border with - 43%) or Mexico’s (estimated at 10%) [figures all from quick glances at Wikipedia articles about the demographics of each country]. At what point does a colonized country become so thoroughly run over by the colonizers that they start to become the same people?