It's not since it can be a great source of pride for people to see their nation represented by their best athletes. It's a display of the best humanity has to offer in the areas of physical endeavor, discipline, and endurance. Reducing everything's value to a function of its consumption of money and resources is a depressing and inhuman way of viewing the world and thankfully most people don't think this way. We're not robots.

It can be done conducting at one place instead of building and then leaving behind infra. See what happend to what was built last time in Brazil and guess how many Brazils are happy to hear what you said

it is much cheaper than holding the same kind of contest between nations in the form of a war.

cheaper to conduct at same stadiums every year

Voting for Greece. Nude wrestling on Mount Olympus every 4 years. Back to basics, everyone should be content.

I like how it brings countries together to play games with each other. It’s better than the alternative.

I want to read about Japan destroying China in sports, not literally.

Or are you just butthurt because your country is losing?