SOCHI IS ALREADY A BAD JOKE AND THE OLYMPICS ARE SHAPING UP TO BE A PR DISASTER WITH AWFUL HOTELS AND AS YET UNFINISHED VENUES.
HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN IN PUTIN'S RUSSIA?
EASY: IT HAPPENS IN ANY STATE THAT'S RUN BY ONE PARTY, THAT HAS NO-BID CONTRACTS GIVEN OUT BY CORRUPT POLITICIANS TO THEIR CORRUPT CRONIES.
THEY SPENT $50 BILLION ON THESE OLYMPICS, BUT MOST OF THIS LOOT WENT INTO PRIVATE ACCOUNTS, NOT REAL CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
PUTIN WILL GET ANGRY AT THE RESULTS, BUT WON'T FIX THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM; HE'LL JUST KILL A FEW PEOPLE IN THE HOPE THAT FEAR WILL PREVENT THIS KIND OF THING FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN.
THE REAL SOLUTION IS COMPETITION - POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL - AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT ONLY CHECKS AND BALANCES, DIVIDED POWER AND COMPETITION BRING.
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