Political events

The Olympic movement did not start in Greece, it was an origin of post-war expansionism that led sport to be placed as a second attempt from the Cold war at European superiority. An approach to the Olympics should include poverty and unemployment, as well as foreign war and institutional growth. But the Olympics are more a solution to national spirit in ways that are less felt than understood. The problem is nationalism creates world states which fight each other and understand the origins of war more than most political actors. Nationalist movements are often believed to be all powerful in academic circles, and spirit is thought to be philosophical in origin. In fact globalisation is a nationalist spirit and academia is a suitable approach to political transformation.

The experiment is worth an extra attempt at international humiliation, and certain states benefit from their wealth and superior diet. The Olympics has had a history of success at times of global growth, and economically the state is an attempt at justifying its political existence. The disastrous Olympics came at times of economic recession and the European record is suitable evidence for this. Of course, recessions come at different times for different nations, and the indications are that this provides evidence for winners and losers. Of course politics is also a justification for Olympian victory. Poverty a reason for poor states to reduce their spending on it and the Olympics are not blind to gender.

The Olympic victories are best known when golds are won by one family or trainer and in the Cold War Russia was a well known example. The problem is facilities benefit some actors more than others and some powerful ethnicities more than the weaker ones. I argue the Olympics are racist and nationalism is a sort of purer form of this spirit. It also cleanses and the development of social inequality is not found because Olympians are not organised around popular principles. They have more wealth, less poverty and increased leisure time. They suffer less from the inequalities found in the general population and therefore are more fit.

The Olympics of 2012 are interesting for their economic success and political makeover, the UK at a time of resistance to depression is well known for its resilience, but the outward signs hide lack of strength in building community involvement or national ambition in winning it. This suggests globalisation and the Olympics are being white washed and political success at selling the games is being hidden by most governments. The Greeks were a starting point for internationalism and the Olympics were probably poorly attended except by international actors. I suggest the Olympics should be for the disadvantaged and poorly educated and that globalisation is a missed opportunity for creating a games worthy of the expectations it tries to raise.