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Seriously, what non US citizen would ever want go there to watch it or worse, participate?
I'm sorry, but for the next -at least- 4 years, I won't visit the US, too dangerous. I haven't done anything wrong, I'm not a criminal, I'm a perfect stand-up citizen and I'm fucking terrified to visit that fascist country. There is always a non zero chance you'll end up in a torture prison for no other reason than having the wrong skin color, the wrong opinion, the wrong anything.
I wouldn't go there if offered a million dollars, I'm not even kidding as it could literally mean the end of my life.
I know that athletes are dreaming about the Olympics but ask yourself, is it really REALLY worth it? Wait until the next Olympics or just go for something different
Plenty of people who train their whole lives for a single moment in the spotlight simply aren't paying attention to the US political scene. Plenty more are, themselves, coming from countries with brutal dictatorial governments and slavishly servile media networks, and simply don't see what the big deal is.
I won't say these competitions aren't about the money, because a ton of it changes hands and the system is notoriously corrupt. But, for the athletes themselves, this isn't just "giving up a million dollars". It's "giving up the last ten years of a 16 year old's life's work".
It would be like telling Magnus Carlson to give up on chess or Jose Altuv to stop playing baseball.
Would you give this advice to Jesse Owens?
Would I recommend anyone not going to a place where they might disappear into a torture prison for life? Yeah, I would
I get your point, absolutely, and these will be shitty decisions that people will have to make, I fully agree, but there are bigger things in life, like living free?
There is a very good non zero chance that some Olympic athletes or their families, or even supporters will be arrested and sent to torture prisons and the fact that barely anyone is worried about that is just weird.
What kind of Olympic Athlete - someone whose parents have been rigorously training them for their entire lives - has any concept of living free?
Every hour of your life is spoken for as soon as you're old enough to walk.
Sooooo, torture prison is okay, then?
You don't have any real choice when you're a 16 year old athletic prodigy. You just do what your handlers tell you.