France moves homeless people out of Paris as city prepares for next summer's Olympics | CNN
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It’s 6.30 a.m. on a late summer morning in Paris. Amid the rumbling coming from the Stalingrad Métro station, in the northeast of the French capital, hundreds of migrants, mostly men, sleep crammed under an overpass. Some rest on pieces of cardboard and old mattresses behind a urine-doused fence, others lie awake by the side of the street.
  • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’m really at a loss for what good the Olympics bring to humanity. Really just seems to fuck over thousands of people every 4 years.

    • Hugucinogens@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Way more than thousands, given the widespread economic effects on the victim hosting country.

      Speaking as a Greek, 20 years later there are literally still multiple abandoned world-class sporting facilities, unused, in maximum disrepair. Some like the one outside my town never used even once (Olympics included), after millions of euro spent.

      I hope the homeless can use it for shelter at least, though it’s in a pretty inconvenient spot anyway.

  • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Ah yes, the glorious Olympics tradition continues of host countries proudly jerking themselves off while spending insane amounts of money.

    “Look at us while we jerk our selves off. Ignore the fact that we are completely making life harder for marginalized communities to be able to build these one time use stadiums and lodgings that may or may not be used to house people.”