Booksellers along the river Seine say the Olympics threaten to erase a symbol of Paris, after they were told by local authorities that they will have to remove their stalls for the Summer Games opening ceremony in 2024 for security reasons.
  • fubo@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    On the ground, the whole point of “The Olympics” is that an irresponsible authority gets to erase things that people are actually using, right?

    Like, is there any other effect for people who actually live in the targeted city? Folks come in and destroy things you like, and replace them with things you’re not allowed to touch. That’s what “The Olympics” does, yeah?

    • Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I was thinking if people are still sore about the retirement thing in Paris they should do a slow down or ramp up the protests and no one works to really tell their government how they feel by putting it all on display for the world.