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U.S. Athletes Are Taking Full Advantage of Free Healthcare in Olympic Village (www.si.com)

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Watch US Olympian Ari Ramsey’s response about it…

https://x.com/MyDaleyVibes/status/1821562794472333795

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[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

This is related to the prosperity gospel, which Puritans were fully on board with. If God blessed you, you would prosper. Ergo, if you were prosperous it was because God had blessed you. Likewise, if you weren't prosperous, it was because God was punishing you. And if God is punishing you, who am I to stop it? So not only is helping your fellow man who is struggling more than you not really what God wants you to do, you're actually interfering in God's punishment of this person.

Or it could just be an excuse to be shitty to people who weren't as fortunate as you.