☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“since the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Olympics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Olympics</span></a> finished in August, more than 100 athletes, including six Australians, have complained to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the bling they received in Paris is <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/disintegrating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disintegrating</span></a>. What makes the crumbling <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/medals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medals</span></a> all the more embarrassing for the French is that they were designed by a brand owned by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LVMH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LVMH</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Mo%C3%ABt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moët</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Hennessy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hennessy</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LouisVuitton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouisVuitton</span></a>, the company owned by France’s richest family.”</p><p>Veni, vidi, vici. </p><p>Defects didn’t occur for first, second or third participant. Their medals were of the highest calibre. The rest of competitors get a sub-standard reminder of their participation. Some call this ‘enshitification’. A better term would be Capitalism. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/IOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IOC</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/enshitificatiom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshitificatiom</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a></p>