52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoOlympic Store Sells Out of T-Shirt Promoting Adolf Hitler's 1936 Gameswww.usmagazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down113
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minus-squarebdonvrAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down3·2 months agoHow are those things at all equivalent
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down6·2 months agoThe 1936, 1980 and 2008 games all feature in the range. Almost like it’s a commemoration of Olympiads not the people who hosted them.
minus-squarebdonvrAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down5·2 months agoBut why the supposition that games hosted by Communist led countries are “bad” like the Nazi games?
minus-square52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down2·2 months agoIf you want to get technical, all the games are bad because they extract vast amount of resources from people who live in the host city and leave behind unusable infrastructure. Also, the corruption. So much corruption.
How are those things at all equivalent
The 1936, 1980 and 2008 games all feature in the range. Almost like it’s a commemoration of Olympiads not the people who hosted them.
But why the supposition that games hosted by Communist led countries are “bad” like the Nazi games?
If you want to get technical, all the games are bad because they extract vast amount of resources from people who live in the host city and leave behind unusable infrastructure. Also, the corruption. So much corruption.