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'nobody cares about what's happening' to Uyghur in China – Chamath Palihapitiya

25 points by amrrs 5y ago

amrrs 5y ago
> "I'm telling you a very hard ugly truth," Palihapitiya said during a debate with his co-hosts about human rights. "Of all the things that I care about, it is below my line." Palihapitiya is the founder and CEO of Social Capital and part owner of the Golden State Warriors. "You bring it up because you really care, and I think that's nice that you care, the rest of us don't care," he told fellow host Jason Calacanis.
- quantified 5y ago
  Everyone who cares wants him to care too. Even if he doesn’t, it’s notable that he is not mincing words, prevaricating, or pretending to care. At least respect him for apparent honesty. If he does care but has the equation “NBA in China >> human rights in other country”, then break out the tar and feathers.
- hindsightbias 5y ago
  Who here cares enough to stop buying products made in China or comprised of parts made there? Or protests to demand those businesses move away from China?
- tomohawk 5y ago
  He's also a billionaire and a megadoner to the Democrat party. Is the Democrat party OK with receiving funds from people like this? Why? Are Democrat candidates OK funding their campaigns from people like this? Why? EDIT: In the same interview he says: "I'm not even sure that China is a dictatorship the way that you want to call it that," Palihapitiya said after a cohost called the communist nation a "brutal dictatorship."
eynsham 5y ago
It’s fair enough to focus on one’s own home country—and I happen to think that the best the US can do is to set a good example in the hope that liberal democracy becomes more attractive to Chinese decision-makers. But nonsense like this, if the report is accurate— > Palihapitiya during the podcast also questioned whether the Chinese Communist Party could be considered a dictatorship, and said he wouldn't be an "armchair journalist" on the topic of the Uyghurs. is really quite unhelpful. It’s one thing for Palihapitiya to not care or to say he doesn’t know much about the situation; it’s another to then question whether the CPC régime is really a dictatorship—especially given the second remark and the low priority he gives to China generally.

25 points by amrrs 5y ago

> "I'm telling you a very hard ugly truth," Palihapitiya said during a debate with his co-hosts about human rights. "Of all the things that I care about, it is below my line." Palihapitiya is the founder and CEO of Social Capital and part owner of the Golden State Warriors. "You bring it up because you really care, and I think that's nice that you care, the rest of us don't care," he told fellow host Jason Calacanis.

quantified 5y ago
Everyone who cares wants him to care too. Even if he doesn’t, it’s notable that he is not mincing words, prevaricating, or pretending to care. At least respect him for apparent honesty. If he does care but has the equation “NBA in China >> human rights in other country”, then break out the tar and feathers.
hindsightbias 5y ago
Who here cares enough to stop buying products made in China or comprised of parts made there? Or protests to demand those businesses move away from China?
tomohawk 5y ago
He's also a billionaire and a megadoner to the Democrat party. Is the Democrat party OK with receiving funds from people like this? Why? Are Democrat candidates OK funding their campaigns from people like this? Why? EDIT: In the same interview he says: "I'm not even sure that China is a dictatorship the way that you want to call it that," Palihapitiya said after a cohost called the communist nation a "brutal dictatorship."

eynsham 5y ago

It’s fair enough to focus on one’s own home country—and I happen to think that the best the US can do is to set a good example in the hope that liberal democracy becomes more attractive to Chinese decision-makers. But nonsense like this, if the report is accurate— > Palihapitiya during the podcast also questioned whether the Chinese Communist Party could be considered a dictatorship, and said he wouldn't be an "armchair journalist" on the topic of the Uyghurs. is really quite unhelpful. It’s one thing for Palihapitiya to not care or to say he doesn’t know much about the situation; it’s another to then question whether the CPC régime is really a dictatorship—especially given the second remark and the low priority he gives to China generally.