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Self-censorship is still censorship. If these companies crater to the least common denominator, then free speech in the West is also doomed. We can't allow th
by turk73 7y ago
Self-censorship is still censorship. If these companies crater to the least common denominator, then free speech in the West is also doomed. We can't allow that to happen. Putting profits ahead of everything else is a sure way to go broke because it sacrifices quality and every other good for the sake of short-term profit. We saw Disney do this with Star Wars, trying to pander to Asian audiences and failing miserably. Now Disney has alienated their original fan base. Soon, nobody is going to care about anything Star Wars. Disney needs to smarten up.
Every company that thinks they can do business with communists needs to smarten up. Realize that you compromise your ethics completely and whatever short term gains you think you are making are eventually eaten away by the sheer clown world lunacy that is communism. Places like China can never right themselves simply because basic truths are banned from being discussed. How do they then move forward as a society? They don't, they can only move backwards.
- anonymousab 7y agoIf it is more profitable for free speech to be doomed, then it will be doomed.
- mey 7y agoMore accurately, we shouldn't rely on corporations to ensure free speech.
- jnsaff2 7y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect
- mac01021 7y agoWhat did Disney do with star wars to pander to asian audiences?
- legopelle 7y agoThe decision has nothing to do with China being communist. It has everything with both being capitalists. You said it yourself: "Putting profits ahead of everything else.. because it sacrifices quality and every other good for the sake of short-term profit." A blanket fear of communism is not productive.