Freddy the German: psyop, mirror to US rapacity or Tocqueville in a CR7 shirt?

The true identity of the World Cup’s breakout fan has been the topic of feverish debate. He is also the tournament’s most revealing characterFarewell, then, Freddy – the fan whose face we never saw, the German we never heard speak German, the man forever behind the emoji, the World Cup’s Wizard of Oz. Farewell from X, at least. Shortly after Die Mannschaft’s World Cup elimination, the visiting German fan who became famous on social media through the tournament’s early weeks suddenly disappeared. As the legend of Freddy (or @freddyla7, to…