It isn't that, it is because sports related nationalism is effectively dead in most countries. It use to be you would rally behind your country's athletes, but now those athletes burn your flag and tell you that you are a piece of shit.
It isn't that, it is because sports related nationalism is effectively dead in most countries. It use to be you would rally behind your country's athletes, but now those athletes burn your flag and tell you that you are a piece of shit.
Most of those athletes aren't even from the countries they represent.
Most of those athletes aren't even from the countries they represent.
Canada imports athletes from other countries to represent them. Why would Canadians care about a Jamaican wearing red and white on the podium? A post-national country indeed.
Canada imports athletes from other countries to represent them. Why would Canadians care about a Jamaican wearing red and white on the podium? A post-national country indeed.
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