@@Maqwell my man is like you are so consistent. and coherent with your words do you prep for this or u hussy say what's on your mind then edit how the video comes out. Terrific By The Way.
A very fantastic video and sorry for the incoherent rambling below As an Indian living in Qatar for practically my whole life (and ironically likely to miss the World Cup next year), I was hyped when it was announced in 2010 that the hosts were gonna be Qatar especially because it always seemed to me that only Europe, the Americas, Australia, Japan and China usually host these kinds of things. Many celebrated out in the streets because that's what usually happens when your tiny country hosts the world cup. But then I grew up and got exposed to the horrible conditions that were happening behind the scenes through the internet. However, it was always kinda uncomfortable when Twitter accounts or RU-vid channels kinda feel like they would happily just keep the world cup always within the limits of the Europe, and always feel like it's guilt-tripping when, to be honest, I didn't exactly contribute to the human rights abuses. So it's kind of a relief when at the end you said at the end to not feel guilty about watching the World Cup. Football is out of the control of fans structurally for a long time when the Oil industry was almost omnipresent throughout with Gazprom, the Middle Eastern takeovers etc and hosting has been for a long time been corrupt with 1998,2006,2010(maybe),2018 and 2022. It's gonna take complete destruction of the current institutions to take it back. I'm kinda glad that the main arguments didn't revolve around football pedigree or the winter slot (which I feel was dumb since the Melbourne Olympics took place in December) and has mainly stayed with genuine issues like human rights violations and social issues. Overall, Great video, As someone who has gone to one of these stadiums and have friends who've visited as well, I don't doubt for spectators it's gonna be a good or great world cup but it has to always be in our minds the many problems plaguing it.
@@yousfiiyad8749 no need to feel bad for me personally. I have been privileged to be born into a middle class family here. still disheartening to hear my people aremistreated like this
I can see this channel grow with high quality editing and great research of this topic. Imma start watching the podcast that you recommend to us. Also take your time with your video. Thier a reason why your views are starting to increase.
As a person who has lived in Qatar basically my whole life and left a few months ago, I did not want to believe this, it was something so exciting and rare a country literally the size of a fricking mouse, was going to host the tournament of the world, I was overwhelmed with excitement and just slapped all the negative news, but now since i actually have a open mind now, Qatar definitely did not deserve to get responsibility of getting the world cup, its sad a country so close to my heart did something against human rights, Im just praying that its all improved and even that can’t take away the sadness i feel, we just have to accept the bribery
@@Braidas ok they aren’t that bad, however i know LGBT will be restricted, Qatar is a muslim country so a lot of people here who will find it offensive, but once again, they should have seen it coming + the alcohol
@@r_krispp656 i agree they shouldve seen it coming, which is why im saying it should never have been the host. its like the 1936 olympics. i hope a gay player wins the same way jesse owens won
Coming from Kenya, this is horrifying to me, and after watching @Adam Something's video on Dubai, and having been to Qatar two weeks ago for Formula 1, having seen all pretty much all of the stadiums it left a sour taste in my mouth the entire vacation
You know the Korean show creator Squid Game partially was inspired by the migrant workers conditions in Qatar for the 2022 World Cup for how brutal the games are.
8:56 Small correction! Not all of those 6500 workers are not related to the world cup. They are the number of workers that died on every construction site in Qatar since the announcement about the cup in 2010, this includes new airports, a public transportation system and more. However the number isn’t categorized by where they died so there is no correct estimation about the actual number. I can’t post the link to the article but its the same article that the headline is from. Ps: Im not defending Qatar i just want to inform about a small misunderstanding :)
So, this is the second video I watch from your channel and I'm subscribing. I really like your opinions and you're good at talking. As you might guess I'm mexican and about the past friday qualifier, all I can say is that USMNT won all my respect. No rage, no h8 at all. It was a clean match where this young generation demonstrated that they have the balls to stand up and make a statement to the whole CONCACAF. Same goes for Canada, a huge surprise this time and this makes me realize that a lot of national teams have gotten better, but sadly that's not the case of Mexico. Saludos, hermano, thank you for these videos.
Likewise, Canada has improved plenty. Mexico should focus on other aspects anyways. Our U18 teams have been good for the past decade. Once we are prosperous we can focus on sports like soccer.
I will add that what caught my attention in this video was the awareness raised about migrant workers in Qatar-a topic I had done some research in back in my model UN high school years-as well as the intricacies of how FIFA operates. The humor is a nice touch and it is good that you included references. I am unsure if I agree with your last statement, whether one should feel guilty or not, nevertheless I understand it.
Great video man, very interesting and well researched. I hope your channel keeps on growing. Keep grinding and take your time on making the video essays because they are worth the wait. Take care.
I’ve watched a lot of your recent videos and thought you were a funny football commentary channel, which is why I subscribed. But coming across this hard hitting journalism from you is a very pleasant surprise, props man great vid.
As someone who were once involved in one of WC stadium projects in Qatar (as an engineer) back in 2018, the fact that they hired migrant workers and abused them in EVERY big construction project wasn't well-known for me and my colleagues at that time, since we're technically foreigners hired by Qataris. What's odd for me was when we had to sign an NDA not to tell anyone about ANYTHING that we saw on the field, except our supervisors/anyone directly involved in project, way before we work and arrived in Qatar. I was literally gobsmacked when I read the news about human rights abuse towards migrant workers. No wonder they forced us to sign those NDA in the first place.
Another issue I’ve thought of: alcohol. As we all know, the target demographic of football is fat bald men who drink beer everyday, and as alcohol is haram, there won’t be any to supply the fans. And because of the heat, I can’t see many fans travelling to Qatar
This will be the worst world cup, dude from all the countries. And we all kinda expected this tbh countries like UAE and Qatar probably use slaves and we don't know. They show Arabs and indians hell and Europeans and Americans heaven. And I'm saying this as an Egyptian, i hate countries like these bc of the spoiled ass people in them
Very mature & educated breakdown of the subject topic 😍🥰👏👏👏👍👌 I'm really impressed by how thurough your video is. You have no bias, & provide a complete bird's eye view of the truth regarding the subject.
Man I wish so much that the US would have won the bid for hosting the 2022 World Cup. Would’ve been incredible to attend matches of both Messi’s and Ronaldo’s last world cup
Hey Maqwel, Ahmad from Qatar here. Fair video very informative. However, one major error when talking about the kafala system. The worker does not pay the sponsor any money for a job opportunity. They pay so called "job agencies" in their home country that made a business out of selling job opportunities. The sponsor in fact has to pay the country 1000-1500 dollars to open a visa for a migrant worker. Most of these opportunities are great for the countries that usually apply for said opportunities to the point where they go into debt to pay the job agency to to land a Qatari opportunity. The reason why the opportunity is lucrative for the migrant worker is that the min wage in Qatar is about 500 USD monthly. While, in countries where these migrant workers come from, the min wage is can be as low as 50 USD monthly. So to circumvent the cost of landing a job in Qatar for migrant workers. Qatar opened the Qatar Visa Center, where migrants who look for jobs can directly communicate with the Qatari embassies who will give out job opportunities for free. Saving already poor migrant workers thousands of dollars. That is not to say there are no issues with the Qatari labor market. There are cases where migrant working for large mostly international corporations did not get paid for months. And that is very true and extremely heartbreaking. But where it stings is that videos like yours make it seem that Qatari ethics should be on the stage for questioning and not the western conglomerates with their crony capitalistic ideals trying to milk a small nation through exploiting all their legal loopholes, work visas and their wage protection systems.
Moreover the old requirement to get an approval from the sponsor was due to the fact that the sponsor paid a lot of money to secure a visa spot for the employee. Thus, all that money would have gone to waste if the employee goes to another job post visa grant. It is a broken system but things exist for a reason and being evil is not one of them. So now when you secure a visa that cost you 2000 to 5000 riyals (almost 1000 dollars) per employee. That money would then go serve a bigger business who exploit this visa hierarchy at the cost of small businessmen. However, it had made better competition for labor between companies and that does enhance conditions of migrant workers. And this is a cost the Qatari public welcomed with open arms knowing we are being exploited by bigger companies (again mostly western companies).
The reason why no journalist is pushing the ridiculous 6500 number is that these statistics of the tallied deaths of all migrant workers who's embassy's provided a statistic. The statistic is simply, how many death reports did you get from Qatar. And it is not how many work related fatalities did you receive from Qatar... A sensationalist newspaper went with this number in its title to simply get clicks and visits. If you actually take the 6500 number divide it by 1 million migrant workers you will see that the death rate per 1000 people is much better than in their home countries! which actually shows that quality of life in Qatar is probably better.
Imagine if this opportunity would have been given to a country which isn’t as rich as Qatar. The money from tourism could help that country and possibly create new job opportunities for the people within that country. But, FIFA can’t think like that yeah? It’s all about the riches. Football is no longer a passion.
What you did not mention and while not proven but very likely true - Of those stadiums a good number of them have dead workers in the concrete. There are a number of reports of accidents where people fell, died in the heat and in one way or another ended up in the concrete.
That lgbt discussion, its due to religious beliefs. No one has the right to talk down on the religion for not accepting same sex whatever. However, the deaths, no pay to workers and the other stuff is bad
Qatar’s World Cup bid for 2022 is BS, when they won they only had 3 football stadiums in the entire country, and only 1 was Considered Safe and large enough for the World Cup. What a joke. Although I don’t know why 2018 was talked about so much in this video. Russia’s World Cup bid was legit, except the fact they were banned from all international sporting competitions a year before the tournament but they won the bid years before that.
@@readbeforeyoureply64 so you’re telling me Ellis park was built for Football? Then why does a rugby team use it as their home base and no football club does? I’m pretty sure it also hosted a World Cup game.
I know this video is close to a year old, but it still relevent for all Football fans around the world to know of all that was sacrificed for this world cup to even take place. So sad.
Exactly! And you can't expect these mfs to suddenly abandon their religious beliefs to please foreigners, doesn't make sense. Why don't the LGBTQ people abandon their flags in respect of the qatari people's religion
I think they were just displaying that to protest the laws in Qatar, and the World Cup is the biggest tournament in the world, so they decide to display their protest there so that the most people could see it
for the "slavery" that you are accusing them isn't fully true. I will talk about my country Kuwait not Qatar, it is also in the middle east. Out of all these accusations that you are saying in your life I haven't seen a SINGLE one in my country like the fake contracts. Yes they do work very hard jobs with low salary but there is an agreement before that and none of the people I witnessed work have been manipulated like you are saying. Sure they might happen but that's VERY rare. Calling it slavery is very crazy though.
‘Calling slavery is very crazy’ you moron do you know how many have died building these stadiums? It is slavery there’s always freaks like you defending it
Honestly, hosting the World Cup in such a small desert country was a bad idea from the start, due to there not being enough accommodation for all the fans, the extreme heat, etc, but it could've been sorted out. However, this makes it all even worse, and truly shows the bad side of FIFA.
Good coverage and indeed saddening to watch human sufferings behind these celebrations - do we need to enjoy sports at this high a human cost - reminds of the dialogue from Blood Diamond "ever wonder if God will forgive us for what we've done to each other"
What pisses me off the most is knowing that there’s major room in the budget to pay the workers their actual wages + plus build them actual safe and nice accommodation. Why they didnt do it is beyond me. Allah will not bless those responsible for the misdeeds they’ve done to their fellow muslim brothers.
Australia or Morocco should have been the host for me. Nice tourist countries, qualified for many world cups, with good football or 'soccer' cultures. In my opinion as well, only nations that have qualified for at least 1 FIFA World Cup should be eligible to host the tournament. Some random nation with a lot of money, horrible human rights records and no previous World Cup qualifications should have no right to host the FIFA World Cup.
@@omrbigman1067 They do? I swear they have/had muslims in their squad like Behich, Nabbout as well as some kid of Iranian descent. Who do you think should've hosted 2022 instead, If not Qatar?
Concerning homosexuality you have to know it's a religious concept you have to respect , God created us - as well as all other living creatures- in two sexes , males and females , and God made this the way of reserving all humans by having children and generations that replace generations . Gayism ain't gonna serve this simple aim , neither for humans nor animals even , that's why we call it "anti-intrinsic" . Finally , for you that's reading , believe me , I didn't write this to attack or to make controversy , maybe you've just heard this for the first time , but think about it , you've been given this life , and suddenly , at any time , you can lose it ! Who is the one that give you this life , and will take it from you ? How this life is designed ? And what you are required to do ? And what you are prohibited of ? , THINK about it . Thank you . ♥️
So basically as long as the bible says it’s okay you can be homophobic? You must be so uneducated to believe we come from god, let alone your specific one. If my god says slavery is good does that mean it’s okay? There’s 18,000 gods I hope you’re feeling lucky
Dude this was an outstanding video! Thank you for spreading awareness! Since the major networks have now turned a shoulder on this issue. As you know money buys everything including people's lives! Slavery is alive and well in Qatar and other parts of the world.😡
I mean when you think about it, it's rather fitting that a European team lifts the cup in a stadium build on slave labor. Specially if it's a country like France.
Without supporters there is no modern football. We cant say we didnt create this. we as supporters feed them money. stop watching and we'll we stop this happening again in the future.
Violating human rights and slavery is bad and all and I am completely against it but I think the scandal about the lgbtq community being illegal in Qatar is completely up to the country hosting the World Cup. It’s not just the country it’s a whole religion man. If I travel to a country for the sake of watching a sports event I am also expected to abide by its law
I feel like a Qatar World Cup had potential to be good for the world. A deconstructable stadium, new infrastructure etc. But the use of slave labor, violations of human rights, and Interruption of the season for the World Cup with breaks of only a week makes this World Cup the scummiest World Cup. Not to mention that instead of addressing these, the Qataris are often crying racism and using whataboutism. The negatives outweigh the positives. FIFA should have auditing groups who visit the host countries right after they are awarded the rights to host something to check how the workers are being treated and whether they have enough funding, with help from Human Rights and Financial Organizations. But we know FIFA, they prefer money over Human Rights sadly. As an Indian, seeing my countrymen die because they have been fed lies about their wages hurts me.
My school friend whos was a die hard Football fan and was a prodigy at school, finished his degree in engineering and went to work there, he died because of a heat stroke that made him loose the blood flow to his brain, he always complain how overworked he was and how they treated South Asians as slaves. He's only driving force was to see his idols i during a world cup but that was taken away from him.
@@ffgamingyt4219 but we are talking about Qatar right now. Not other countries. The difference is that they are hosting the biggest spectacle on the earth because of a corrupt bid. And they are now lying to workers so that they can host the world cup on the bodies of the workers.
@@OcEleven Many countries like the UAE host many bigger stuff, and are actually more known in the world, like for example the burj khalifa, and they're also hosting this year's Expo. And yet you're still telling me that they deserve to be "credited" for their work that they use the same exact way Qatar does it's things?
@@ffgamingyt4219 The Dubai Expo is smaller than the World Cup, are you high? And the Burj Khalifa is not an event. And it's still not ok if they use it. What are you on about?
I've worked as a road side automotive electrician in Muscat,Oman. My schedule was like , 6.30 AM - wake up,cook food,breakfast 8.00 AM - start duty 2.30 PM- lunch(cook food), small nap 4.00 PM- again start duty 1.00 AM-3.0 AM- duty ends, Dinner(cook food),sleep 6.30 AM- repeat The duty was 6 days in a week, and salary less than 400$ per month. Now I work in Europe, but I still think about the poor souls working in that hell.
@@Sanathanadharmasakthi just say Asian/African countries not eastern europe, i live in Serbia and we work just like any normal western countries, 5 days a week 8 hours a day, yes payments are not as good as in western europe but we still live much better than Asian/African countries..
As someone of Bengali descent, I feel really sorry for my brothers back home. It seems that no matter where they go, their work lives are horrific. Same goes for all the other migrant workers.
Great video, as an Arab i feel guilty because i want an Arabic country to represent us and be the first at it and i felt like qatar was great for that but when i later discovered the horrible things they did i only felt guilty and ashamed. It is to note however that not only Qatar does this but most countries in Asia and the middle east do everything you've mentioned including the sponsors, such countries like S.Korea, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Japan, China, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and others I can't name from the top of my head. Edit: this obviously doesn't excuse their actions i thought it was too obvious that i didn't say this I'm sorry and I just liked to mention that because it's a global problem that needs to be fixed not only in Qatar but the whole world
Yes, the 'other people do it too' argument. The focus of this video is on Qatar's horrific human rights abuses. Racism is systemic in Arabic culture and this explains the widespread acceptance of the kafala slave system in every single Arab country. Lebanon is one of these atrocious racist countries where the owning and abuse of domestic slaves from Africa and Asia is not only normalized but desired as social status symbol. Yet citizens from Lebanon are thriving with business all over West and East Africa where they are treated as fellow human beings. There are many videos and horrific testimonials of African women who have been subjugated to dehumanizing conditions in the misguided belief of getting good jobs in the Middle East. Hopefully people thinking of traveling to that part of the world for work will see videos like these and save themselves from certain enslavement and certain abuse. Your passport will be seized upon arrival at the airport and your freedom as a human being will come to an abrupt end, if you fail to heed the warnings! Even if you were to escape home confinement, you will be trapped in the country since your passport is now the personal property of your slave master. Yes, true, there's a lot of work in the Middle East but for slaves! Avoid that part of the world if you are not white, please! Hopefully, the Middle East will see it fit to reform itself and get rid of such systemic state approved hatred and abuse of people who are just trying to make an honest living.
The good old other countries do this stuff argument.GTFO you hipocritical asshole.The entire sport is ruined,thanks to FIFA and your shambolic corrupt and sadistic government.Go on and make more human rights violations for your stadiums
@@Maqwell Oh and the US and Canada too, they've recently been found of 3 counts of genocide, as well as human rights violations in Afghanistan, as well as threatening sanctions on ICC investigators because you can because your currency has been the world reserve currency since the late 1940s after WWII Bretton Woods Conference, and which is used in 95% of trade, as well as barred from US accounts and institutions because it allows you to basically enforce your rules on whatever country or person using your currency.
I know this is just a RU-vid video but I think that is good to clarify some points: - The kafala system does not make you pay to get the job. That was a horrible practice by a lot of scammy recreuitmen companies in their home countries. For example, in Nepal they may promise a foreman job for those that qualify and can pay 3.000 USD. If you don't have the money don't worry, they'll discount it from your salary later. At that time the companies in Qatar were hiring people with little control, and since they needed workers fast they wouldn't bother if they were qualified. They needed the numbers. So the HR guys in Qatar would get money from the recruitment companies outside, choose them and hit their targets with people that in many many cases has never been in a construction. So you would see them coming down from the plane all confused, out of their village for the first time, and put to work even with flip flops. And yes, you could see how they loaded the cofins of one or two people back einthe plane that just brought the next load of workers. Taking the passport was also a common practice in many construction companies, and fortunately that is now outlawed. And Qatar started to take the enforcement of the law more seriously, thanks to the international backlash. So now they took action against the companies doing recruitment abuses, for example opening official visa offices in the countries so people have to go through the government channels and not those shady companies. Another improvement is in safety conditions. You don't see workers on flip-flops anymore. All are wearing safety equipment and the rate of accidents and deaths has definitely gone down. So that's good, and wouldn't have happened without the international outcry. So they deserve some credit for that. Also they were the first country to announce the end of the kafala system, although the reality is that it is still in place (you still need a sponsor and a no objection letter to transfer sponsohip), so workers cannot change jobs freely. And that is a shame. Also the compounds for the workers that you showed in the video are real an are being used, especially by companies related to the world Cup. But yeah, living conditions for blue collar workers can be improved across the board outside of those. The points about the LGTB are easy prey, but misunderstanding the reality. There is no prosecution of gay people. In fact it is easier for a guy to book a room with 5 others than with a girl that is not his wife. Nobody will bat an eye. And if you ask people in the LGTB community you will hear how they love it in the GCC countries. The law that punishes gay sex is the same that affects straight sex: Any sex outside of marriage is illegal, hence all gay sex is too. And that opens a topic that is widely ignored by the media. If an unmarried woman gets pregnant, she better leave the country before the authorities are informed (mandatory by law). Or in the case of rape, the victim (male or female) can be prosecuted for sex out of wedlock. It is easy to criticise Qatar, and there is a lot of room for improvement, but it is important to praise their progress and demand that they continue and fulfill their promises (like truly ending the kafala). That was the case in other GCC countries too.
The USMNT finally got a Good Squad and I'm going to feel guilty watching the World Cup Next November. Also, I see your shirt. See you in 2022! Vamos Atlanta!
Hail Russia. 🇷🇺 They're avengers for 1) Vietnam. 2) Unauthorised invasion by America and NATO puppets in Iraq. 3) 1st day of invasion killed 66081 innocent civilians. 4) US failed to show the world the reason why they entered the Iraq in the 1st place. 5) Weapon of mass destruction is not found in Iraq. 6) by the mean time millions of Iraqis died and thousands of US army personnel died. Not to mention other countries lol. Btw, Hail Russia. 🇷🇺 Z
Tbf No country is perfect, literally the previous World Cup was held in Russia, which is notorious for the corruption, tortures, disgusting human rights record, occupations of other lands like Crimea, I can go on and one, but I did not remember one bit of how that was mentioned when Russia were hosting the World Cup, Or the previous World Cup on Brazil, Brazil is also known for high level of corruption, you can hold the entire gov on charges of crimes against humanity for how they are treating the indigenous people as well as how destructive they are with the Amazon , which the world needs so they can breathe. Also the World Cup of how it destroy peoples homes in poor favelas to make stadiums for one time use Or the one before that, South Africa, we all loved that World Cup but South Africa has also been the top of the most rapes per 1000 women, Human Rights Watch claim that SA unlawful or arbitrary killings by security forces; torture and cases of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary arrest or detention; official corruption; crimes involving violence or threats of violence Did we all hear this? No, so how is suddenly everyone caring for the human rights ? Don’t get me wrong I’m not defending Qatar but where was all of this before
The investigative work from journalists was just very powerful for this wc, plus you can not clear deaths of thousands of people, I think thats the difference, but nobody knows what else happend in the past
Everyone suddenly caring about human rights is like how social media over the past few years have been suddenly caring about racism,lgbtq issues which wasnt wide spread during the early 2010’s but started to rise in mid 2010’s
I think it comes down to one question: Would I go to or watch a party, for which, thousands of people had to die in an avoidable manner that is only being hosted there because of corruption? I understand not watching it won`t change anything, but I choose not to.
It is super sad. I can’t imagine people cheering and laughing and just ignoring the violated faith of similar ones fallen in the very field. How cold. How lonely.
i dont think you can watch basically any major event anymore with those moral, I respect that but corruption and deaths follow nomatter the country and event.
Okay but why would a country have to change its laws because of a football tournament? It's their country, their belief, their way of living. It's at the opposite side of the world, and most importantly, it's not the United States. They aren't us. We aren't them. Not everyone is the same. Cultures, beliefs, religions, cuisines. All different over the world. Unless you want one big light-brown mashed together meltingpot of the same consumerist culture everywhere on earth, stop forcing Western beliefs on other parts of the globe.
Qatar is criticized for not allowing LGBTQ+ community freedom in their country as it goes against their culture and beliefs, but in Western countries if you marry more than one women that's an offence to the law. How are they expected to allow things like LGBTQ+ that goes against their culture and beliefs when we don't allow their culture and beliefs to take place elsewhere.
There's a significant difference in the rights of women and workers within Qatar and Saudi Arabia and the western countries. Even LGBT, In your example, in places like Qatar and Saudi Arabia if you are gay you fucking get executed. If you are not married and seen with a man, you get abused and whipped and stoned. If u try and marry more than 1 woman in western countries you just confuse the law in terms of finances but you dont fuckin die as a result.
He will blame Israel but not the USA despite the fact the USA has been actively helping Israel to fund these and b0mbed his motherland and their poor peasants to rubble.
Funny how the US will (diplomatically) boycott the Chinese Olympics citing human rights violations, but not the Qatar World Cup. No wait, that's not funny at all. That's just really, sad.
western people and media are hypocrites and delusional. pretending to have the higher moral ground while you're the worst.in 2003 us and uk killed more than a million civilian people in iraq as 'collateral' damage
@@kaisbeskri1725 Mid eastern countries are hypocrites too. Treating women and workers as items and not human beings. How many immigrant workers died at the hands of abusive lords in Mid east?
The conclusion is total bullshit. Spreading awareness doesn’t mean shit if everyone just goes on do what they do and act like nothing happened. I certainly wouldn’t watch the WC
As an arab, I was really glad that Qatar got the world cup, Perhaps this will help breach barriers between the east and the west I thought. Little did I know this was a World cup built upon the blood and suffering of innocent workers
@@user-oh5gz4ue6r oh please like Europe and America don't have blood on their hands, come to poor African countries that have been affected by us invasions or Europeans taking their natural resources. Talking of injustices when it suits y'all foh
@@readbeforeyoureply64 europeans and americans aren't in any wars right now (well, russia), they're not owning slaves either. clearly qatar is worse than brazil.
About LGBTQ+ issues... this is our country. We have our rules, our religions. Just because most of the west believes in a certain fact doesnt mean they should force it upon our country. Just because someone believes in something.. e.g God doesnt mean he should force it upon every single human being or country out there. Every one haves their beliefs, and we need to respect everyones beliefs equally. Thanks.
Your point in this comment discredits Qatar. Your country forces homosexuals to be stoned to death, hanged to death, life in jail and more. Your country is prohibiting peoples own beliefs and their sexuality.
I have a lot of personal thoughts from this video & I really enjoyed your coverage! Such an important video, and you’re right, we as fans don’t have the influence to be able to force pressure onto Qatar, but what can be done in terms of this video is to be mindful on how the process to the 2022 World Cup happened, and that ugliness must really be ensured that it shouldn’t happen again in future World Cup competitions. It’s not just Qatar that has the kafala system but all the Gulf states do as well (Saudi, UAE, Kuwait, etc.). Also, the Gulf states have a TON of immigrants, or as they would like to call the East Asians/S.E. Asians: migrants, as opposed to the people coming from more privileged backgrounds (aka whites): expats. The very least these Gulf states can do to the people that legit built the whole country is to recognize their importance & their significance at the very least. They are just left under the mud, some treated like actual below shit at times. I remember seeing in Dubai, in 2021, god awful living conditions of workers in the middle of the desert, right beside a place called Global Village, a place full of entertainment, shopping, seeing cultures from all around the world. That stark contrast was honestly appalling from me, yet I’m just not surprised sadly. In terms of LGBTQ rights in Arab states, imo I’m somehow even less optimistic about that than workers rights unfortunately.
Arab racism fuels the atrocious kafala system. Africans, Philippines, Asians who have failed to do their due diligence in informing themselves about what dangerous prospects lie ahead for them in the Middle East end up as slaves. The bait is the availability of jobs but the bitter truth is self enslavement in the 21st Century. Holding the World Cup in that part of the world is an insult to free people everywhere.
Are the countries of the migrant workers doing anything on the diplomatic and international level to protect the rights and lives of their citizens? I guess they could at least try to sue Qatar at the International Human Rights Court for damages for families of people that died due to poor working conditions.
