Obviously, the Olympics as it currently exists has a lot of problems - building stadiums over poor neighbourhoods, using slave labor (or close to it), promoting nationalism, etc.

But do you think the concept of "People from different countries (or regions or whatever once borders are removed) around the world compete to see who can run the fastest, throw things the furthest, jump the highest, and so on, and win some kind of prize based on their performance" is a fundamentally good one or not?

And if it is good, how do you think it would be different to the regular Olympics?

  • Juiceyb [any]
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    3 years ago

    This used to be more common than you think. At least in Europe. Soccer teams have started as company teams until the leagues became so big that it’s now about making money. PSV, Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen were all teams formed by workers. Then you got teams like Crystal Palace, Real Madrid and all clubs from Belgium have monarchist beginnings. Which is why I hate these clubs.