Copy ImageIt seems that soccer tournaments create those relationships: people gathered together in pubs and living rooms, a whole country suddenly caring about the same event. A World Cup is the sort of common project that otherwise barely exists in modern societies
Simon Kuper
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Whereas fanatic is usually a pejorative word, a Fan is someone who has roots somewhere
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Other than sports, only war and catastrophe can create this sort of national unity
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