What is the World Cup for?

The World Cup was born from imperial rivalry and nationalist aspiration. Almost a century later, it still oscillates between mass hope and elite spectacle.

I know it’s talking about #FIFA protests but it also describes the impossibility of getting activists to leave #instagram :

“ And here was the dilemma for even the most well-intentioned protestors laid bare. How were they going to keep the general public, and even themselves, away from the spectacle that had become so embedded?”

#privacy #bigtech #meta #quitgpt