The Winter Olympics

Two weeks of uncompetitive "sports" requiring substantial resources that disenfranchise all countries in snowless climes and without a lot of money (read: the global south). Why do they exist? I'm not sure.

Itching to find out, I embarked on an exhaustive online quest, finally stumbling upon an obscure page on Wikipedia titled: "Winter Olympic Games." It's thoroughly footnoted annals had quite a tale to tell.
The winter olympics (hereafter not capitalized due to laziness and a lack of respect for the games) have their roots in the Nordic Games - unsurprising. These are activities engaged in by Nordic people. Why internationalized? I guess the guy that organized the Nordic Games was chummy with the guy that started the Olympics, so figure skating was tacked on.
Really? Figure skating? I take issue, first, with anything that is subjectively judged by other people, and involves no actual direct competition between participants. That's not a sport. But, unlike judging in other...events..., figure skating judges evaluate things like costume and music. The Olympics should be neither a beauty pageant nor a theater competition.

So first: the sports have questionable value, as competitions and as entertainment. Participants don't compete against one another, judges increase subjectivity. The only game that requires true teamwork and strategy is hockey (which I think is deserving of its reputation). While some of these problems may plague the Summer Games as well, they are limited to a few events; they define the winter games.

Second, the entire concept disenfranchises half of the globe. It's inherently climate-biased. There's a reason the games have only ever been held in Europe, North America, and Japan: you have to have snow to practice/participate. This is a foolish system for a competitive event that claims to bring together the world. What would Finland say if someone introduced dune boarding? Olympic sports, allowing all countries across the globe to compete, should be sports that can be played anywhere regardless of climate (yes, this would exclude sailing).

*Edit: I have recently learned that there is actually a section in the Olympic charter requiring a place to have ice and snow to host the Winter Olympics. This means that those few counties in the South that get snow in the winter would still not be able to host, because their winter is at the opposite time of the winter olympics