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"House of Phenomenal"! - Does this make any sense? I don't know. Next to my house the old department store Jandorf is having one of their usual events, something they do for years. The building is used by big firms and fashion brands to hold special events. In this case one of the big sports brands is promoting and preparing for the upcoming soccer world cup. I decided to this time completely boycott it. In Brasil the political situation is very strained. People go on the streets like in Turkey, Venezuela or Cambodia to give vent to their anger and mostly protest against the government. People in Brasil are paid badly as in other countries, too. But the soccer world cup makes it even worse. The FIFA organisation is well known to be completely corrupt, stadiums are built right into the rain forest, residents had to be force moved and prices for the tickets are way out of budget for the normal people who actually live their.

On top Greenpeace has published a study this week proving that all the big sportswear manufacturers, especially Adidas or Nike, are using terrible amounts of poisonous substances in their clothes, football shoes in particular. That's not even terrible for the environment and the people in the low-wage countries it's also bad for the consumers who buy and wear those things. I think it's good to red-card those companies and I decided to not support the world cup at all and won't watch a single game, at least not voluntarily. That way I have more time to focus on more important things.

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