They wouldn't be able to afford it, would they?
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Good point. Qatar is beyond wealthy but North Korea repeatedly has to threaten to nuke people in order to get aid packages.
They have quite a lot of money, particularly in foreign currency slush funds (see Room 39 for example). However the Kim family has the final say in what is government money and what never makes it onto the books.
They could probably afford a FIFA championship. It's admitting they have that kind of money, that would be a huge problem.
I think it depends what you mean by "afford", they might have enough money stashed away to host one time but it's going to seriously take away from their future
NK has never chosen their future or basic needs over useless megaprojects though
North Korea's GDP is on the order of 20 billion per year. Tiny for a country that size, but considering they don't have to spend any of it on their population, that gives them a lot of bribe money.
They've got loads of slaves they can throw at it, why not?
but what about materials and things that you have to pay for?
Psshhh, just pull a xitter-musk, you don't have to pay if you can avoid it!
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DPRK is a resource rich country but can’t even finish building a hotel after almost 40 years
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And yet mfers still go in mass to these games in countries with extreme human rights issues and throw billions of dollars at merch.
"much worst?"
Right up there with “worse comes to worse” and “what do you have to loose”
Hey, their trying there best over they're, okay?
I bet typing that makes you feel like your you're own worse enemy.
Okay guys, enlighten me. If Nestle is a 10 on the evil scale, what is Fifa?
1/10 cos they would bribe the scale
Nah, get with the times. FIFA only accepts bribes.
If Nestle is a 10 then North Korea is a 12 and FIFA is an 11.5
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Letting that many foreigners into North Korea would be a PR disaster for the Country.
They have a pretty big tourist industry but it would mostly be people from China
So many great additions to my block list today!
Right?
They just keep coming!
Nuke dropped if a western country wins
On a side note, what exactly are we censoring on that bottom photos.
Are we just censoring a bomb detonator box or are we censoring something else....
It's not even a detonator box. It's a bike pump because he's inflating the massive paint bubble.
So it's a pointless black box.
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Since Qatar has already hosted a world cup, he's got a point
Today, I feel like North Korean...
I wouldn’t so much as think of attending even if it was right in the next town, so okay. Do it. I’ll enjoy reading about what a disaster it was.
*worse
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