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[godhandiscen]

I guess he is right to a degree. Other than getting upset about Uyghur concentration camp videos, and voting for politicians that punished China for human right crimes, I had almost forgotten about the topic.
The world doesn't seem to care. He comes off as truly evil considering that he is perhaps in a position to do something, but he is just a reflection of our society as a whole. Maybe this is a wake up call.

 

[Wildebeest]

What is it a wake-up call for? Maybe I just don't care that he doesn't care because he is a total nonentity to me. Very low on the list of people I would listen to about anything.

 

[prinz_valium]

Sadly he's right

 

[AJUMP23]

More people need to care and I hope every athlete at the Olympics brings up the slave labor camps they have these people in.

 

[CGiRanger]

Yeah, he ain't wrong. It's hard to ask or demand people care about something so removed from their lives and thousands of miles away in a totally different country. Granted, it makes those in the Corporate world all the more hypocritically performative when they espouse "human rights values" or such.

Apple, Nike, Sports, etc. have no morals and no one should have ever expected them to. Their business entities driven by profit, though some have tried to leverage woke equity to that end lately.

 

[Coolwhhip]

We have to focus on more important issues like pronouns and representation of made-up groups.

Its the same with the football world cup in Qatar this year. Apparantly thousands of people died like slaves while building the stadiums, but no one cares. Its not a topic that gets you clicks or likes.

 

[mortal]

It's fucked up, but at least he's being honest. As opposed to the virtue signalers that only pretend to care for social media.

 

[CGiRanger]

We have to focus on more important issues like pronouns and representation of made-up groups.

Note how the big corps are the ones who seem to be doing the most peddling of the "LatinX" "PhilipinX" and "non-gender-conforming" language?

Clearly has priority of course. For reasons.

 

[BigBooper]

Lol NBA standing for justice.

What he said is sadly true for most people and organizations, including the NBA.

I guess he's testing how cancelable he is, lol. Pretty brazen to say something like that openly, even if true.

 

[Coolwhhip]

Lol NBA standing for justice.

What he said is sadly true for most people and organizations, including the NBA.

I guess he's testing how cancelable he is, lol. Pretty brazen to say something like that openly, even if true.

You can say that about something horrible happening in China no problem.

Now if he said all feminists are fat and ugly, he would have already been arrested by the Twitter police.

 

[///PATRIOT]

Lol NBA standing for justice.

What he said is sadly true for most people and organizations, including the NBA.

I guess he's testing how cancelable he is, lol. Pretty brazen to say something like that openly, even if true.

He won't. Leftists won't say shit because some people in China being holocausted is not political worthwhile. Gender and race does.

 

[bender]

China is what rocketed the value of the NBA so this is far from surprising. At least someone is willing to rock the boat. Good on Kanter.

 

[SlimySnake]

I mean he's right lol. They are literally marrying off muslim uyghur women to lonely chinese men while making the uyghur men go through anti-religion brainwashing in concentration camps. This is exactly why we were so worried about communism 50 years ago, but now we must have someone make us iphones, Nikes and playstations for cheap.

I am pretty upset about this stuff but i went out and preordered three playstations like a little bitch the day they went live. Why should i expect an NBA owner to do anything different?

 

[Puncheur]

Well, he's not wrong. Most dogooders couldn't even point to Xinjiang on a map. Beyond scoring virtue points on twitter no one gives a crap. If Islamic states don't bat an eyelid at what goes on over there, then why should an American sports franchise.

 

[n0razi]

He's also 100% right

 

[Scotty W]

The silence of Islamic countries on this is astonishing.

Ankara deporting Uyghur dissidents to China

Erdoğan appears to have traded them for millions of doses of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine. Protests are taking place in front of the Chinese embassy in Ankara. The ratification of an extradition trea

www.asianews.it

 

[MaestroMike]

Sounds like a stand-up dude. Doesn't give shit! Happy MLK day !

 

[Star-Lord]

Sorry to say, but he’s not wrong.

 

[AmuroChan]

Just wait. They'll care when they find out that the CCP has been misgendering the Uyghurs.

 

[FunkMiller]

Look lads, it’s much more important to destroy the lives of people online for saying the wrong pronoun, than it is to protest the genocide of an entire people by a totalitarian regime.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Sports leagues like NBA have too much money and partnership deal with China to go nuts pissing them off. Although, didn't China cancel their NBA deal lately because players were badmouthing them last year? I forget.

But this also extends to any corporations with ties to China (customer base or supply chain). Cant piss off Chinese gov or get grilled and lose sales and manufacturing base.

Money wins.

I guess he is right to a degree. Other than getting upset about Uyghur concentration camp videos, and voting for politicians that punished China for human right crimes, I had almost forgotten about the topic.
The world doesn't seem to care. He comes off as truly evil considering that he is perhaps in a position to do something, but he is just a reflection of our society as a whole. Maybe this is a wake up call.

Yup. I havent thought about those people till I saw this thread. I have other things to think about like work and I just finished clearing the snow from my driveway which was 2-3 ft tall. Biggest snow day so far all winter.

 

[Tschumi]

I haven't watched the footage, but the context of his comments is that China is, if not the #1 biggest than surely the #2 biggest market for the NBA. And none of them want to fuck with that. So they're not going to go against China.

 

[Moneal]

I haven't watched the footage, but the context of his comments is that China is, if not the #1 biggest than surely the #2 biggest market for the NBA. And none of them want to fuck with that. So they're not going to go against China.

And yet they go against their other top 2 market on almost a daily basis for things that would equate to a fraction of what China does.

 

[Platinumstorm]

What is it a wake-up call for? Maybe I just don't care that he doesn't care because he is a total nonentity to me. Very low on the list of people I would listen to about anything.

Someone doesn't SPAC.

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Seriously though, there is so much to care about in the world today.

We have the world fraying at the edges in every economic perspective because of omicron
We have the ever-brewing tensions between Trumpists, Republicans, and the Democratic party and the ineffective governments being spawned.
The way people have become more of an asshat than Eric Cartman
Global warming disasters [half of my community just burned down 12/30... woo]
Water crisis in the West
Housing crisis; tied directly to compensation and the overall shortage of home builders


Human rights in an authoritarian country that we cannot influence to stop is really difficult to influence, or dedicate huge brain power to, given the above topics.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

 

[Nobody_Important]

He is half right. Most people don't care that China is running actual concentration camps, but the idea that people in the US should not care about the sufferings of others until we solve our own issues is an embarrassingly stupid point of view. Then he goes even further than that and openly admits that he doesn't care because its beneath him.


This guy deserves to be pushed out of the franchise with that kind of public stupidity.

 

[Yoda]

What a sorry excuse for a human being.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

He only owns 10% of the Golden State Warriors, and also he's right. None of the "woke" corporations who do business in China like Nike, Apple, Disney, Dell, GM, Ford, etc. are stopping doing business in China. The NBA as a whole, which the Warriors are part of last I checked, continue to simp for Chinese money as does Hollywood. He's the only guy with the courage to speak the truth out loud, and for that he's going to get canceled.

 

[zeorhymer]

No one cares until it's at their doorstep.

 

[BlueAlpaca]

The question is why don't muslims care. No terrorism attacking china? No leftists justifying terrorism against china? Of course not. Explains a lot about the world. History is a great and cruel teacher.

 

[Rest]

"We're fine with that."

 

[RoyalLaFlame]

The question is why don't muslims care. No terrorism attacking china? No leftists justifying terrorism against china? Of course not. Explains a lot about the world. History is a great and cruel teacher.

Great question. Why the only country that actually "cares" about it is the one that usually goes to their countries and bombs them?

Hmmmmmmm

 

[HoodWinked]

He's only being proved right as he hasn't been cancelled to any degree. But the full context is that he says it is mostly virtue signaling those who say they are against it and do nothing. But also Chamath is really into identity politics and he's more concerned about black and brown people in the United States. The other person Jason Calcanis works with Amnesty International so he's more invested into human rights internationally.

One of my favorite podcasts if you want to see the full thing.

 

[betrayal]

He is right, of course.

Very few people in this world are seriously interested in things that happen further away, outside their own living environment. Often it also makes little sense and it is simply not possible to change something.

Who now pretends, things are different for him and who contradicts the Golden State Warriors owner, I have one question: What have you done, to help the Uyghurs, except to express your "concerned" opinion online?

 

[Wildebeest]

Someone doesn't SPAC.

----------------
Seriously though, there is so much to care about in the world today.

We have the world fraying at the edges in every economic perspective because of omicron
We have the ever-brewing tensions between Trumpists, Republicans, and the Democratic party and the ineffective governments being spawned.
The way people have become more of an asshat than Eric Cartman
Global warming disasters [half of my community just burned down 12/30... woo]
Water crisis in the West
Housing crisis; tied directly to compensation and the overall shortage of home builders


Human rights in an authoritarian country that we cannot influence to stop is really difficult to influence, or dedicate huge brain power to, given the above topics.

Just a bunch of other complex problems that hypocrites say they care about but are never going to do anything about, right?

I'll give you a couple of reasons why this sort of "far away" issue is worth people being aware of and considering their opinion of. Things that people consider acceptable to happen to non-citizens, they would also secretly not be too concerned if they happened to their countrymen. The political disunity at home is made worse by asshats who come up with gigabrain takes like Putin is a great leader who is managing his country well or that CCP are honest people doing a great job on so many issues, and they are responsible for everything good in our economies in the last 30 years so don't rock the boat.

 

[Platinumstorm]

Just a bunch of other complex problems that hypocrites say they care about but are never going to do anything about, right?

I'll give you a couple of reasons why this sort of "far away" issue is worth people being aware of and considering their opinion of. Things that people consider acceptable to happen to non-citizens, they would also secretly not be too concerned if they happened to their countrymen. The political disunity at home is made worse by asshats who come up with gigabrain takes like Putin is a great leader who is managing his country well or that CCP are honest people doing a great job on so many issues, and they are responsible for everything good in our economies in the last 30 years so don't rock the boat.

I've followed this issue since 2019, when NPR was the only outlet that seemed to be covering it on a consistent basis. I am only conveying that people are wrapped up in domestic issues right now in a direct and negative way.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

The question is why don't muslims care. No terrorism attacking china? No leftists justifying terrorism against china? Of course not. Explains a lot about the world. History is a great and cruel teacher.

Who the hell knows. When Syria had refugee crisis mania years back I didn't see all those rich oil middle east nations with open arms saying come on over. It's like they dont give a shit at all even though they are right there just over a border or two. A lot closer than hitching a ride to Germany. It was Germany and the like saying we'll take you in. Canada flew over some refugees too.

As for terrorism retaliation in China, they probably dont do it because Chinese gov would kick the shit out of them and if Chinese gov gets pissed at terrorists, they'll probably point fingers at their gov for not doing enough to stop it.

Also, a lot of the heat the US and UK get is from them (and others) always in involved with air strikes, having military bases and battleships scattered around - basically being global police. I'd probably feel the same if there were US soldiers in a million barracks in Canada and warships in Lake Ontario ready to shoot missiles.

And what happens is you get lots of collateral damage. The type of shit no western media ever has the balls to tell their own people they just laid havoc on innocents. The only PR they do is telling everyone they killed an ISIS leader or did some awesome night vision missions against terrorists as if their kill count is 100,000 bad dudes and zero innocents. No wonder so many people in the mid east hate western countries.

I dont think China army and navy gets involved in that stuff. So the typical terrorist probably says fuck it. Go after UN military targets snooping around or do some damage overseas where it's easy to get in.

 

[Amiga]

New meme for whenever a liberal brings up climate change or woke $#!t.

The question is why don't muslims care. No terrorism attacking china? No leftists justifying terrorism against china? Of course not. Explains a lot about the world. History is a great and cruel teacher.

Why do you think terrorism is the sign for Muslims caring or not? these things are one by evil cults. many who used to be socialist terrorists in the 70's before they changed their stripes with times. They work more freely in the west than in Muslim countries.
From the actual religious tenet Muslims who face persecution should migrate to where they are safe and free to practice their faith. if they have a country they should defend it. but if not, then shouldn't engage in an escalating spiral of violence.

 

[EverydayBeast]

One US invasion would take them out.

 

[thefool]

Chamath is a cunt but he's not wrong.

 

[Amiga]

When Syria had refugee crisis mania years back I didn't see all those rich oil middle east nations with open arms saying come on over.

there are about 3 million Syrians in the Gulf. and another 3 million in nations around Syria.
the few 100k that go to Europe is human trafficking. it has always been a big industry in Europe. It can be stopped by a sovereign decision like what Poland did. the opposition was from the EU administration who likely run the business. so don't blame the victims.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Chamath is a cunt but he's not wrong.

Which isn't the point. His comment reveals a woke virtue signaler who places his empathy only where it helps his pocket book.

The more regular people see this the more the term woke becomes a pejorative, which is already happening.

 

[6502]

They don't care about you.

Why would they care about foreign peasants?

At least he is honest about what soulless c***s he and his ilk are.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

there are about 3 million Syrians in the Gulf. and another 3 million in nations around Syria.
the few 100k that go to Europe is human trafficking. it has always been a big industry in Europe. It can be stopped by a sovereign decision like what Poland did. the opposition was from the EU administration who likely run the business. so don't blame the victims.

Where did I blame the victims?

All I said was there's tons of Syrians baling ship and tons nearby mideast countries that could had helped. It didnt look like they were open to taking in Syrians even though those countries are right there.

 

[Tams]

Welp. It's blatantly obvious how he was so successful business wise.

And he's not wrong that most people do not care, or at least not more than sportsball.

Doesn't make him any less of a cunt. Not the kind of attitude we should be encouraging.

 

[IDKFA]

That guy comes across as a bit of a cunt.

 

[BouncyFrag]

Lebron/John Cena reaction?

 

[DeepBreath87]

There is truth in what he says. People don’t care enough to do anything about this. However, his false equivalency when trying to compare “human rights abuses” as it relates to prisons in the US to the imprisonment, “reeducation”, and horrors inflicted on ethnic groups and religious people in China makes him looks like a jackass. It’s a bullshit excuse that he is making to allow himself to virtue signal about US problems while stilling making money in China. In short, the guy is an arrogant douche who is full of shit. However, there is truth in what he is saying.

 

[tommolb]

I do think a lot of the woke left are too busy hating their own governments and country and looking for "traitors" in their own ranks to care about genocide happening in China.

 

[Braag]

A lot of studies say that excessive wealth can eventually lead to the loss of empathy towards others. Seems to have been the case with this guy at least.