I have witnessed pre-Olympics in several cities in the past, and was in Paris a couple of weeks ago, and I can tell you I've never seen such indifference among the very inhabitants. Imagine how little the rest of the world cares.
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I get the sense no-one cares, there’s no national spirit for anyone in the West that would make them.
My only interest in it is the possibility of some crazy shit happening with that as a smokescreen