By: Patrick Redford
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What is the purpose of the Olympics? For the few thousand bureaucrats who divvy up the Games, give out contracts, and get kickass bribes, it is to enrich themselves. For everyone outside of the corruption apparatus of the Olympics, they are an exhibit of the best sportspeople, playing their sports. The fastest runners race against each other; the world’s foremost archers see who is the most accurate; the handballers handball it out. The Olympics are neither perfect nor comprehensive, but in a broad sense, they are a celebration of human performance.
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