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The other way around. Woke Inc. want to stay woke, but they also want to not be on the bad side of the Chinese state due to business interest there. Hence, the
by filleokus 7y ago
The other way around. Woke Inc. want to stay woke, but they also want to not be on the bad side of the Chinese state due to business interest there.
Hence, the woke company needs to do pretty un-woke things, and their hypocrisy is exposed.
- atroche 7y agoI think the part that confused me was the idea of one side in the culture war forcing companies to bow to China, as a tactical manoeuvre. I just can’t see the “unwoke” segments siding with China.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoAfter reading further reply, I understand the idea as this: the "unwoke" side of the culture war sees a company proclaiming to be woke, and to expose them as hypocrites they do something that forces the company to either defy China or to reveal that their woke marketing is full of crap.
- atroche 7y agoGotcha, thanks. Calling that “forcing them to bow” is strange to me, but I think your reading is right :)