Muito bom o ensaio no fim da Time desse mês, onde Joel Stein tenta nos fazer entender por que americano não está nem aí para a Copa do Mundo.

There are just two things about the World Cup that prevent Americans from caring: it involves soccer and the rest of the world. We could get over the soccer part eventually — after all, it’s kind of like the soccer we make our suburban children play, only without the goal scoring. But the global part just isn’t going to happen. When I hear that Tunisia is playing Belgium for the crucial Group H runner-up spot, all I want is a map. The only way Americans are going to learn another country’s name is if it attacks us.

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When we trumpeted globalization, we were pretty clear that we meant other countries acting like us, not vice versa.