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Mushroom Zingdom posted:I’m convinced a large part of it is simply asking who the Qatari leadership and elite views as it’s peers — their counterparts in the other gulf states — and whose opinions they care about (the same). Clearly they only care about the opinions of people in the broader western world to a point (to when their money would become reputationally toxic, which we are very far from- an article pointed out that the #10 landowner in the UK is Qatar, though I don’t know if that represented a singular entity or Qataris as a group). njsykora posted:London’s main industry is basically money laundering. And they don’t care about reputation so long as they have something everyone needs (oil). See the US basically turning a blind eye to everything the oil states do and then they still said “lol no” when Biden went to them begging to increase production. 
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I think at some basic level Qatari rich people, more than the prestige and whatever, just want to party in the vvip room with Beckham and a few models.
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Tai posted:Will be a good thing when people stop thinking discrimination is politics. Ah well It is politics and so is international football
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we're just only getting started with gently caress you money. this for example is supposedly going to cost 2-3 qatar world cups  
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joepinetree posted:I think at some basic level Qatari rich people, more than the prestige and whatever, just want to party in the vvip room with Beckham and a few models. All rich middle eastern rulers (and Russians) secretly want to be bigshots in London and New York. It's not enough that they're richer than God, they want the west to like them, or at the very least accept them.
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halokiller posted:we're just only getting started with gently caress you money. this for example is supposedly going to cost 2-3 qatar world cups But why
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Because they can. Because nobody will stop them.
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joepinetree posted:I think at some basic level Qatari rich people, more than the prestige and whatever, just want to party in the vvip room with Beckham and a few models. Maybe some hacky sack too. It's all in good fun.
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halokiller posted:we're just only getting started with gently caress you money. this for example is supposedly going to cost 2-3 qatar world cups I hope they build it and an earthquake flattens it
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Nov 24, 2022 18:37
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Even though I haven't watched a single match, this has been one of the more entertaining World Cups so far.
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All I've done is watch England's goals against Iran so it's a huge success so far imo
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I just remembered that Italy didn't make it. lol. worth it.
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Mustard Iceman posted:I just remembered that Italy didn't make it. lol. worth it. For the second time in a row. I assume that's why they went fash.
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AceOfFlames posted:For the second time in a row. I assume that's why they went fash. Didn't Leicester go fash because their football team sucks now?
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Dutch person: lol
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I'm sure they'll listen.
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goatface posted:I'm sure they'll listen. this time
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It’s against Iran so they’ll allow it simply due to gulf state rivalry and feuds. Any match not involving Iran or Saudi Arabia it’s forbidden
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:It’s against Iran so they’ll allow it simply due to gulf state rivalry and feuds. Any match not involving Iran or Saudi Arabia it’s forbidden I think Iran is pretty much the only gulf state friend Qatar has, no?
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TheRat posted:I think Iran is pretty much the only gulf state friend Qatar has, no? there's been rapprochement. saudi quit trying to turn them into an island. that's progress!
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the sex ghost posted:qatari qops don't bring me into this
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Its gonna be really funny when they all get barred from entry.
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TheRat posted:I think Iran is pretty much the only gulf state friend Qatar has, no? The total opposite, isn’t it?
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Gigi Galli posted:The total opposite, isn’t it? At least a couple of years ago, the Saudis + UAE + Bahrain + Egypt were basically in a cold war against Qatar, with support from among others Infantino and Trump. One of the reasons the Saudis failed to buy Newcastle the first time was that they were running a massive piracy network in an attempt to kill off beIN sports who had the rights to the games. As far as I remember, Iran was the only neighbour who supported them. It's probably a lot more complicated than this, but it's too late in the evening for me to properly read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_diplomatic_crisis
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Super rich people have no idea idea how to be cool. So when they see something that other people think is cool they just try to buy it. That’s how you end up with pop stars playing for crowds of people not paying attention to them out there.
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Gigi Galli posted:The total opposite, isn’t it? Qatar and Iran are relatively much closer than Iran is to any other Gulf Sunni state, even if they're not best friends. One, they share control of a huge natural gas field in the Persian gulf, so basically both have to play nice to keep the money flowing, and two, Qatar sees a weaker Iran as leading to a stronger Saudi Arabia regionally, and prefers the two to be relatively balanced rather than be in a Saudi-dominated middle east. The reasons for *that* are all of religious, personal, political, and economic, but fundamentally, Qatar thinks it can become a Switzerland-type mediator and financial hub state in a multipolar region, which it can't do if either Saudi or Iran are the only major player.
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CubanMissile posted:Super rich people have no idea idea how to be cool. So when they see something that other people think is cool they just try to buy it. That’s how you end up with pop stars playing for crowds of people not paying attention to them out there. Aka, Formula 1 race weekends.
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JohnCompany posted:
I thought Dubai had all that covered already though?
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Tai posted:I thought Dubai had all that covered already though? Dubai's secretly completely broke from trying to expand into that too fast. Hell they had to name the tallest building in the world after the Emir of Abu Dhabi to get the loan to finish it.
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Qatar will now allow rainbows at all games going forward. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/fifa-promises-rainbow-colours-allowed-135607897.html Good thing we can be sure this won't be changed again arbitrarily and with no prior notice.
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Rahu posted:Qatar will now allow rainbows at all games going forward. congrats guys now you can go back to ignoring the piles of dead laborers and corrupt government contracts worth trillions and deals going on now that your easy outrage consumption needs are fulfilled.
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Al-Saqr posted:congrats guys now you can go back to ignoring the piles of dead laborers and corrupt government contracts worth trillions and deals going on now that your easy outrage consumption needs are fulfilled.
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Al-Saqr posted:congrats guys now you can go back to ignoring the piles of dead laborers and corrupt government contracts worth trillions and deals going on now that your easy outrage consumption needs are fulfilled. Who are you talking to
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NinpoEspiritoSanto posted:Who are you talking to You guys
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here in the thread for talking about dead labourers and corrupt government contracts we love to ignore dead labourers and corrupt government contracts
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