Why the Olympics Suck So Hard

If you’re like me, you’re not watching the Olympics, currently taking place in that winter wonderland of Beijing, China, where the snow is totally fake but the silencing of American athletes is depressingly real. ------------------ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: Reason is the planet’s leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Go to for a point of view you won’t get from legacy media and old left-right opinion magazines. ---------------- The TV audience for the opening ceremony was down 43 percent compared to the last winter games, and it’s not just because of yet another hideously ugly mascot, time zone differences, and the “cultural genocide“ of Uyghurs killing the buzz. Interest in the Olympics has been dropping for decades now, which is a welcome development if you care about human dignity and w