Portuguese journalist on Ronaldo at Al-Nasr: "He has become a useful idiot for one of the world's worst dictatorships"

Portuguese Enrique Raposo, Expresso columnist and former editor of Atlantico magazine, shared his opinion on Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Al Nasr.

Cristiano Ronaldo. Photo: gettyimages.com

"The problem starts with Ronaldo becoming a useful idiot for one of the world's worst dictatorships and opening the door for other players to become useful idiots for a dictatorship trying to legitimise itself.

There's someone like Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud (Saudi Prime Minister - Tribuna.com) taking powers away from local authorities and turning Saudi Arabia into a kind of centralised European-type dictatorship. In exchange he has given some rights to women, but he has given them now and may take them back in a few years if he wants to.

And it's a bit sad to see footballers - stars, symbols, an example to children around the world - turn into useful idiots for a dictatorship. There are players who earn a net worth of 5, 6, 10 million euros in Europe, and there they are offered 50, 60, 70...

Look at what is happening to young people in Europe - they are desperate. The working class has no jobs. Just look at the desperation of people in France. And it's a bit surreal to discuss a footballer earning 60 million against the backdrop of millions of young people in desperate situations," said Raposo.

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  • Сергей Красавчик(crasavchic) - Эксперт
    02.07.2023 13:13
    Про «полезного идиота» очень даже актуально. Эта известная грязная политтехнология применяется тираниями всегда с удовольствием... Например, свинособаки исполняют это с середины нулевых (сигал, депардье, стоун, это’о, карлос и многие прочие имиджево-публичные «нищие» звёзды подтвердят). Когда через общечеловеческие ценности («хлеба и зрелищ!») быдло-электорату смягчается возможное напряжение его ватного мнения.... А пропаганда не даёт времени для критического отношения и добивает узколобых... А шо, звезда и к нам приехала, звезда у нас живёт и работает, звезда восхищена рассеей!
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