The inclusion of clips from Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia film makes clear that attempts to sanitise the crimes of the National Socialists is not limited to the spheres of politics and academia.
Right, amatuerism was dumb and bad. My personal sport, rowing, went from a working class sport which started as a competition between guys who punted travelers across the Thames into a sport where the poor were literally banned from competing. And right now, rowing is by and large a sport that only fosters the wealthy.
However, in a socialist society, sporting competitions between districts should be organized.
Right, amatuerism was dumb and bad. My personal sport, rowing, went from a working class sport which started as a competition between guys who punted travelers across the Thames into a sport where the poor were literally banned from competing. And right now, rowing is by and large a sport that only fosters the wealthy.
However, in a socialist society, sporting competitions between districts should be organized.