People talk about slavery as if it’s part of the past, when in reality, there are more slaves in the world today, than at any other point in human history.

In fact, that phone you’re holding right now, the cobalt inside of it probably came from a slave.

The clothing we wear, the coffee we drink, the food in the fridge, so much of it, is made possible by slaves and impoverished workers who languish in the darkest corners of the world, for whom nobody talks about.

Perhaps most shocking was the amount of death and suffering caused by the highly controversial Qatari World Cup just a few years ago; where thousands of migrant works, almost all men, were imprisoned, unable to go home, and were forced to work in the most horrendous conditions imaginable, giving their lives so a bunch of footballers, could kick a ball.

As we know, Qatar was a tournament of knee-taking political protest too…

But how can a bunch of multi millionaire celebrity footballers protest against racism and inequality, when the stadium they kneel on, and the tournament they are playing in, enabled the very injustice they claim to decry?

What do you think?

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2025-08-20