I am going to avoid intellectual posts for the time being, but this occurred to me. It is an interesting fact that at least in my own personal space, the World Cup is most popular among internationalists, people who tend to self identify with “social democracy:”, with what we call Liberalism in this country, mistakenly.
What connection does the Cote D’Ivoire have with soccer? Colonialism. Soccer–Football–is an export a great many colonized countries choose to continue.
It is a cultural meme, repeated. It is something We created, and which They want.
Oh, when will we pursue It, Goodness?
All the abstractions float, hover. They exist as possibilities in minds, as thoughts that could move. We in turn live by rote. We assume of today what we assumed of yesterday.
I am so dumb. So are you. I will try to remember this tomorrow. Will you?
Here is a random link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePIImGMjn_8
Maybe not fully random.