Forgive me, I am not usually one for the more nationalistic elements of the Olympics. But the current medal count has nevertheless captured my attention. It feels... metaphoric.
As I write, which is all I can work with, the U.S. has the most medals of any country. They have (fine, we have) four golds, and twelve each of bronze and silver- so we curiously have three times as much of each the silver and bronze than we do of first place gold. In medal count France is second (hometown advantage!) with 23. China is third with 18 medals. With our 28 medals, we're positively killing it with our top three finishes!
But all that is just about finishing in the top three. When it comes to actually winning Olympic events, the U.S. is way back, floundering in 7th place! South Korea, Britain, Australia, China, France, and Japan have all won more events than my country.
Which would be fine if we were a more chill kind of a nation. It would be fine if we were just happy to be there. It would be fine if we weren't trying to rule over everything in the world that we can possibly get away with. But that's not the way we roll. We're more of a "We're number one!" kind of a country.
Well, I mean, we used to be.
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