The 2026 World Cup should have been a football festival across three countries. Instead, FIFA’s own ticketing platform looks like an official resale casino with hospitality lounges attached. After comparing today’s obscene prices with my own tickets from Germany 2006 and Brazil 2014, the conclusion is simple: FIFA did not fight the black market. It became the dealer.
Category: Politics
The Lords of War should not hold the Fire Extinguisher
The UN Security Council was built to keep the great powers inside the system. Today, its veto often shields them from the very rules they claim to defend. When permanent members can block accountability for aggression, law becomes theatre and peace becomes hereditary privilege. This article argues for a Council of Equals: not to replace the UN, but to rescue its Charter from the permanent exceptions that now hold it hostage.
Three weeks after the Super Bowl — What Bad Bunny really delivered
Three weeks after the Super Bowl, the debate about language has mostly faded — but the feeling hasn’t. What Bad Bunny delivered that night was bigger than Spanish, bigger than America, and bigger than halftime controversy. It was a reminder that joy, belonging, and shared rhythm travel further than translation ever could.
World Cup 2026 Tickets: If you still believe FIFA cares about Fans, you’re fooling Yourself
World Cup 2026 ticket prices aren’t a mistake. They are proof. Proof that FIFA no longer represents football fans, that national associations lack courage, and that we allowed it to happen. We complain, we outrage — and then we comply. This is not betrayal by FIFA alone. It’s collective failure, includng national associations and us, the fans.
World Cup 2026 Draw: The Day FIFA finally stopped Pretending
The World Cup 2026 draw didn’t just embarrass FIFA—it exposed a corrupt system that has completely rotted from within. Instead of a celebration of football, fans were served a political circus built on vanity, power, and Gianni Infantino’s shameless self-promotion. With a bloated 48-team format and a president who caters to dictators and dollars, the tournament has lost its soul. Unless the great football nations finally revolt, we’re not watching a World Cup—we’re watching the funeral of the sport we once loved.
The EU’s Singing Christmas Car… and other Automotive Nightmares
There was a time, legend has it, when a driver was considered a person capable of operating a vehicle using a combination of skill, awareness, and a driver’s license. A document explicitly confirming one’s ability to steer a machine without…
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The Great Velocracy: Zurich’s War on Common Sense
Let’s get one thing straight: Cycling is great. Fresh air, healthy lifestyle, low emissions – who wouldn’t support that? But what’s unfolding in and around Zurich is not a clever promotion of bike culture. No, it’s a full-blown, ideology-driven crusade.…
Between Stagnation and Upheaval – Why Germany Needs Political Renewal
From the Grand Coalition to Crisis Under the leadership of Angela Merkel, Germany was characterized for many years by a grand coalition of the CDU/CSU and SPD. This constellation led to the Union increasingly approaching social democratic issues, while the…
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The Two Faces of Elon Musk: A Tale of Two Companies
Just three days after what can only be described as an underwhelming performance at Tesla’s much-hyped Robotaxi event, Elon Musk’s other brainchild, SpaceX, achieved an engineering feat that borders on the surreal. The largest multi-stage rocket ever launched successfully reached…
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Tesla Robotaxi Event: A Promised Revolutionary Failure
Elon Musk, the tireless visionary of Silicon Valley, had promised something monumental: The Tesla Robotaxi event would “go down in history,” and people would still be talking about it a hundred years from now. Bold, sure, but not entirely out…
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