Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoLol, lmao even. New York Times trying to make being good at sports into a nefarious Chinese plothexbear.netimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down13
arrow-up1166arrow-down1imageLol, lmao even. New York Times trying to make being good at sports into a nefarious Chinese plothexbear.netDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareDogPeePoolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56·1 month agoUSA 🇺🇸 population: approximately 333 MILLION CHINA 🇨🇳 population: approximately 1.425 BILLION China has over 4 times the raw talent pool to draw from
minus-squarejackmarxist [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·1 month agoPoorer people also have more opportunities in China to get into sports with state support from childhood
minus-squaresewer_rat_420 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·1 month agoSo the “cost” is having a society where the poor are given opportunities? Well fuck that then
minus-squareRedDawn [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month agoThe U.S. has 34 times the raw talent pool as Cuba but only 12 times as many medals. So Cuba is 3 times as good at sports as USA.
minus-squarekleeon [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoTrue, unless you think chinese people are racially inferior, like NYT does
USA 🇺🇸 population: approximately 333 MILLION
CHINA 🇨🇳 population: approximately 1.425 BILLION
China has over 4 times the raw talent pool to draw from
Poorer people also have more opportunities in China to get into sports with state support from childhood
So the “cost” is having a society where the poor are given opportunities? Well fuck that then
The U.S. has 34 times the raw talent pool as Cuba but only 12 times as many medals. So Cuba is 3 times as good at sports as USA.
True, unless you think chinese people are racially inferior, like NYT does
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