well it looks like we're really going to be giving the world an honest look at america for the world cup
the only public transit to get to the stadium surrounded in a wasteland of highways and carparks is a shitty train that costs $98 (it was $150 but corporate sponsors helped lower the price wow yay), i mean tickets for the football games themselves are far too insanely priced for basically anyone to afford
the area around the stadium has been destroyed by toxic waste and it's waterways have had some of the highest concentrations of the organic methylmercury like ever recorded, they've agreed to start cleaning it up soon (wow yay) after lawsuits resulted in about the same amount going to cleanup as to legal fees
pedestrian access is practically impossible as the roads to it don't even have sidewalks, but their blocking off all pedestrian access to the stadium just in case, the area around the stadium literally looks like it was bombed
oh and i'm sure the games are going to be stuffed to the brim with ads for polymarket and kalshi
the only real infrastructure built for this is a footbridge from the carpark of the stadium to the carpark of a nearby mall
the "american dream" mall
I couldn't have written it better myself. Anyone who comes here and sees the signs at the airport that say "Immigrations & Customs Enforcement Welcomes You!" is going to really get to see the state of this absolutely glorious country.
All I end with is the pledge they make everyone recite, every day, in elementary and middle school, that I still have scrawled into my memory:
> I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the United States of America, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Xenotime, Librarian of Æther :trans_fedi:
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