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It seems like there was this crazy escalation of spending promises to win the bid. At some point responsible democracies dropped out, the irresponsible democra
by lokar 5y ago
It seems like there was this crazy escalation of spending promises to win the bid. At some point responsible democracies dropped out, the irresponsible democracies, so all that was left were authoritarian nations looking to improve their image without changing.
Now it seems like even the authoritarian nations are deciding it's to expensive and you see responsible democracies getting back in with more realistic bids.
- lokar 5y agoAnd of course the IOC is somehow more corrupt then FIFA, which is a real accomplishment.
- dotBen 5y agoExcept that the next Olympics are due to be held in France, Italy, USA, Australia - and only one of those is partly an authoritarian nation. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_Games_host_cities#Host_cities_for_Summer_and_Winter_Olympic_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_Games_host_cit...
- greatgib 5y agoIf you follow a little bit France on news or Twitter, you will see that Paris is kind of an authoritarian city with a mayor that created in a few years a debt that no one had seen before. Now, most normal people in France would have like the thing to be cancelled instead of having their taxes being wasted with that
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- voakbasda 5y agoOnly one? Love your optimism.
- lokar 5y agoAIUI, these new bids are pretty modest, without much new spending/infra