Nat Towson

And I'm not going to summarize its thesis.

But if you're interested in looking through looking at soccer or if you call it football, a as a like a lens through geopolitics, it's really interesting.

But one of the things I think, you know, I talk to a lot of people and, you know.

I think a lot of reflexive millennial liberals roll their eyes at sports.

And I think that culture is coming around a little bit.

And a lot of leftists actually really enjoy sports and team sports especially.

And I think it's both a really good example of collaboration.

I mean, that's pretty straightforward.

But more importantly...

you know, I'm always going off about how isolated everyone is and how isolation is effectively pro-capitalism and keeping everyone online and arguing with each other as a way of making everyone feel isolated.

And you see all these people who, you know, would be enemies or are told that their countries are enemies or are told that, you know, America's evil and America's actions globally, very evil.

But American people watching sports, a lot of fun to hang out with.

And I think you're, you know,

maybe maybe it's ridiculous maybe some people think it's ridiculous to see sports as political but ultimately it's like the largest populist motivator in the world it's one of the most the most eyes in the world are on you know these events and these things like you said are like really beautifully bringing people together and i'm i'm not above how wholesome that is and like people finding not only finding essential humanity between each other but like

doing things for the pure sake of having fun, which is just, you know, putting on costumes, you know, making effigies, like floats.

Like, it's not just wearing a jersey.

People are getting creative.

Throwing cones on statues.

Mr. Global, you got a least worst story for us?

Or a favorite World Cup team?