Is nationalistic sports, like the Olympics, a form of sublimated paranoia, and fear of inferiority?

Question

Is nationalistic sports, like the Olympics, a form of sublimated paranoia, and fear of inferiority?

Answer 1

there is nothing subliminal about it. some of the losers from foreign countries will probably be shot upon returning to their homeland.  

Answer 2

Would you rather see the USA and China facing off on a basketball court, or on a battlefield?

Some people "over-think" things, in my humble opinion.   That leads to the syndrome known as "taking things waaaay too seriously."

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Answer 3

Heck no.  It's a grand marketing scheme to make large corporations even more money.