Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThe USA is one of the most prolific nations in the Olympics. What factors have led to this dominance?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up16
arrow-up16message-squareThe USA is one of the most prolific nations in the Olympics. What factors have led to this dominance?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 months agoPropaganda. Since I was downvoted, i.e. we pumped a lot of money into our Olympics teams to win as many medals as possible as a sign of strength, to use as propaganda. As did the soviets.
Propaganda.
Since I was downvoted, i.e. we pumped a lot of money into our Olympics teams to win as many medals as possible as a sign of strength, to use as propaganda. As did the soviets.