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[–] devious@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Offering an alternative and mostly unpopular view, there are lot of things that society should spend that may not always have a great financial return on investment but will contribute to the culture of society (sports, art, entertainment, history, etc).

That said I do think the Commonwealth Games is a massive cost sink during poor financial conditions and sports already gets a disproportionate amount of funding compared to the others so I don't think this is necessarily a bad move!

[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Even if you deliberately target "blowing millions of dollars with no expectation of a return", there are still better things to spend the money on.