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2704252, This is a time when NBA stars need to stand up for social justice
Posted by Vex_id, Mon Oct-07-19 08:15 PM
But note how it's not particularly hip to do it in this instance. It's easier to do it when something has caught flame on a hashtag and gone viral - but it takes guts (and nuanced understanding) to stand up in defense of human rights and call out China over this - instead of just bucking to commercial interests and contracts. It reminds me of Trudeau being called out for Canada's arms trade with Saudi Arabia - and Trudeau being like "we honor our commercial contracts in this country."

Some things supersede contractual obligations - namely human life.

For those who may not know the extent of China's human rights atrocities - I'd urge you to read this:

https://www.ft.com/content/48508182-d426-11e9-8367-807ebd53ab77

There is legitimate ethnic cleansing and concentration camp activity occurring in China right now - paired with a terrifying abuse of AI and freedom of expression/press to standardize humans on some Black Mirror type stuff.
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