| I imagine that they've done a lot more good for the world recently than the UN has No, they have not! I am not sure by what metric one can compare FIFA and the United Nations, but I don't think you you are familiar with the breadth of the UN's work. Selected achievements from their results page [1]: -Every year we mobilize about $7 billion in humanitarian aid to help people affected by emergencies. -Every year we assist over 34 million refugees and others fleeing war, famine and persecution. -We vaccinate 40% of the world’s children, saving 2 million lives a year. -In 2011 the UN will provide food to around 90 million people in 73 countries. -In the past few years, the UN has expanded legal international rights to indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, migrants and their families. FIFA is merely better at marketing... [1]http://www.un.org/en/strengtheningtheun/results.shtml |
I wonder if FIFA has ever been discovered to be running hugely corrupt wings like UN's WIPA which keeps trying to stuff some form of ACTA/SOPA/PIPA down our throats.
I wonder if FIFA has been found to ever profit from the rape and sexual abuse of minors. Minors, who descend from some of the most war-torn and horrific places on Earth.
7 billion annually and look how little they get done each year. Capitalism is much more responsible for Africa's and Asia's escape from poverty than the UN is - and that's a rather low bar.
I laugh at the idea that the UN, and not the charities they force to go through them, is responsible for saving 2 million lives per year. I wonder how many millions they let die each year.
In terms of global politics, FIFA is rather benevolent and yet they foster ongoing positive international relations benefits. The UN is, at best, malevolent, and I am dubious that their positives outweigh their enormous negatives, not to mention their negative externalities.