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Re:Ask HN: What caused the Olympics to become so terrible? by homo_ergaster on Sunday February 06, 2022 @05:51PM (#30237877)
> indoctrinated against any form of nationalism

In America? Every morning in school they make all the kids stand up and recite a pledge of allegiance to the nation

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Re:Ask HN: What caused the Olympics to become so terrible? by blindmute on Sunday February 06, 2022 @11:18PM (#30240363)
Yeah, 20 seconds per day in school vs a constant bombardment of the opposite from every media and cultural institution the average young adult would ever be exposed to. It is very much out of vogue to be nationalistic.
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