The IOC’s upcoming World Tour of Communism was doomed to failure from the beginning. Awarding games to regions without infrastructure is pure insanity and the IOC keeps doing it anyway. The IOC claims that Olympic games won’t be affected by political issues but the reality is quite the opposite.
Athletes suffer the most, being used as pawns by the IOC. No athletes equals no games, and without the games the IOC would cease to exist. Perhaps it is time to stop engaging in this tradition simply for the sake of continuing a tradition. Does it really make sense to build massive, limited-use facilities that wreak havoc on local environments and displace many thousands of people? Since when are the Olympics supposed to harm people, besides some of the athletes?
I’m sure the average Chinese citizen will be eagerly watching the games in August, if they aren’t out looking for rice to put on their tables.
