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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's all about money. Olympic creed doesn't matter anymore.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

People work for money. Labour is worth money.

[โ€“] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Bummer. Was looking forward to something else from the Olympics I wouldn't see.

Oh, that's right, I'm not seeing any of it anyway.

I mean really, some dancers who the rest of the world doesn't care about were going to not perform? Hahaha

Ooh, seems I touched someone's Olympic nerve!

Show me on the corrupt Olympic doll bullshit where I touched you! Hahaha

It's just a giant money scam, and has been for decades. Just look at old Olympic villages to see the results.