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		YokoZar on May 27, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Experts say Olympics must be moved or postponed be... Because these countries are made up of humans who are not freely choosing to waste scarce resources on such waste.

tshaddox on May 27, 2016 | [–]

Citizens of every country have virtually no control over how their tax revenue is spent.

mathattack on May 27, 2016 | [–]

Brazil is a Democracy, and the Olympics had broad public support when Rio won the right to host them.

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