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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: How the Qatar World Cup Abets Authoritarian âSportswashingâ
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Agustina Vergara Cid and Nikos Sotirakopoulos explain how authoritarian states such as Qatar use international sporting events like the World Cup to launder their reputations. They argue that this practice of âsportswashingâ and organizations, like FIFA, who enable it, should be condemned for aiding authoritarian states in their bid for moral legitimacy.
Among the topics covered:
How authoritarian Qatar won the World Cup bid;
Qatarâs unprecedented World Cup spending;
Qatarâs abysmal treatment of migrant workers, women, the LBGT community and its overall lack of rights and freedom;
âSportswashingâ as reputation laundering with a long...