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by paulsutter 1597 days ago
Olympics are like nationalism on steroids. How can that be interesting?

It's also a tragedy. Tens of thousands of talented people who dedicate their lives to an event. Then they return from the Olympics to... get a job as a Wallmart greeter? It's a global waste of human potential

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During the cold war the was more of a pannationalalism in the sense us vs them.