The worst bit is that football is literally poor people's sport around the world. FIFA has a responsibility to bring the popular sport everywhere , especially in the developing world. This is bringing it to a petrocountry taking advantage of the poor.

The worst defense of Qatar that i 've heard was defending the uber-rich country on grounds of anti-europeanism.

EDIT: i got it mixed up, it was not from taleb but from Branko Milanovic: https://twitter.com/BrankoMilan/status/1593479684754444288