“The Olympics are a representation of the past,” D’Souza said. “They’re rooted in ancient Greece, and they have this amateurish, natural ethos that is run by a bunch of European aristocrats. The Enhanced Games are very different. They’re run by capitalists, who believe in the future, believe in science and technology.”

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    Oh FFS…

    Let the (enhanced steroid swole) Gladiator Games begin!!

    A fantastically dumb idea having nothing to do with actual sport but simply designed to liberate money from the plebes through ticket sales and betting.

    Our return to the Roman Coliseum. But “enhanced” by tech/drugs.

    SciFi novels have been written about this… 🤷‍♂️ 🤡 🖕

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      Hey now thats unfair to the Romans, they had whole mock naval battles in the coliseum in Rome. We have football and soccer, which in my opinion is far far less interesting. Give me a full on recreational of the Nevada and have is slug it out with the Bismarck, if we are going to recreate Roman blood sports give it to us in full!