Growing up, the Olympics were about peace & the coming together of nations that often had massive differences to compete & interact with the world watching. And it was fun to plan our family’s schedule around the events we wanted to see. Now, watching the Olympics when we know that the scene being presented to the world is as artificial as any “Triumph of the Will” rally is just boring.
And an event thats whole point is peace, goodwill, etc. seems slightly counterproductive when its being held in one of the most totalitarian nations in the world.
On the upside, if the Chinese government’s anti-humanist behavior during the Olympics doesn’t shut the idiots up who say that Communism isn’t really harmful (I get that a lot at school), nothing will but I can still make them look like fools!
Also, I am already planning to skip the winter Olympics in Russia. Is the IOC trying to run the Olympics into irrelevance?
