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Why mention the Olympics? I don't think anybody's concern was that the Worldcon isn't corrupt enough, or that it's not doing enough to leverage its prestige to entrench corporate greed?

The Olympic Committee aren't quite as awful as FIFA, I don't sense plans to hold a winter games in Qatar for a fat bribe for example, but they're pretty bad.



> The Olympic Committee aren't quite as awful as FIFA

I'm not sure how you can tell. They're both completely rotten, as far as I can see: not an honest person among them.


Sochi wasn’t Qatar… but only just




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