Well hey-hey, look at that! Policy can impact what we believe to be merit-based.

motherjones:

Chart o’ the day. (More here.)

(Update: A readers smartly notes that the medal count shot upward in 1984 because the Soviets reciprocated the boycott. The larger trend is still there, however.)

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