[lbo-talk] Olympics [Paris shut down]

[Michael Dawson]

Personally, I oppose the existence of the Olympics.  They are a major
vehicle for indoctrinating people into nationalism.  They're also now a huge
marketing platform.  They waste billions in a world where half the people
live in extreme poverty.  Fuck nationalism.  Fuck capitalism.  Fuck the
Olympics.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org]
> On Behalf Of Doug Henwood
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 10:25 AM
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Paris shut down
> 
> Nathan Newman wrote:
> 
> >I may share some of Doug's trepidations about bringing the Olympics to
> NYC,
> >but why shouldn't one of the most diverse cities in the world be a good
> >site for the olympics.   I thought the NYC slogan, the "world's second
> >home" and posters trumpeting the fact that teams from around the world
> >would have a home team crowd at every event was pretty compelling.
> 
> The physical layout of NYC would make holding the Olympics here
> really difficult. Aside from that, Olympics are generally an occasion
> for big public subsidy - and gentrification and displacement.
> 
> "The world's second home" is a slogan I find incredibly annoying.
> What about those of us for whom it's our first home? We're chopped
> liver?
> 
> Doug
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