Interesting post on why US athletes don't win as much

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9. I call it the lowest common denominator syndrome.

That's what society is sinking down to. We've never been perfect, but our standards were higher in the past. We didn't always succeed, but our leaders, our judges, our police, were held to a higher standard & shamed when they failed. Not all the time, but we at least tried to make an effort but now that's gone. In fact, it's upside-down. Those at the top, those with a lot, are cut more slack, given more chances, more opportunity, than those at the bottom. And that in turn, encourages more of those at the bottom to do the same, because why the fuck not? How else are you going to get ahead in this dog-eat-dog world without screwing someone else? All because rich people don't want to share & we won't make them.

If we taxed the richest people in the country,
they'd still be the richest people in the country.