Any institution that spends billions of taxpayer money while there are people living in squalor on the streets should be abolished.
h valid point. but by cutting down the top, you are not going to help the lowest.
some in the bottom are beyond help, and there is also the trickle down effect. the human race has been lifted up most by it's top performers in every discipline. science particularly.
The olympics are just showcasing one aspect of human excellence.
perhaps some of the lowly, that were not in the mainstream employment mill, found jobs in the years long olympian show.