Morning Jolt: Investor’s Uyghur Comments Are Even Worse Than You’ve Heard

On the menu today: Most folks are focusing on the comment from Chamath Palihapitiya, a Sri Lankan-born Canadian and American venture capitalist, that he doesn't care about the Uyghurs in China. But he went much further, and he said worse things. This wasn't an ambush interview; this was his own podcast with his friends. This wasn't a brief comment taken out of context; this was an impassioned argument that criticizing China's human-rights record was deplorable. This isn't the usual case of a businessman being struck blind when it comes to the abuses of Beijing; this is a man who could afford the consequences of doing the right thing and standing up against a crime against humanity . . . and who deliberately chooses to stand with the victimizer against the victims.

'Morally Virtue-Signaling about Somebody Else’s Human-Rights Track Record Is Deplorable'

You're going to hear a lot of hot takes about Chamath Palihapitiya and his comments about the Uyghurs in China this week. Amid the resulting firestorm, Palihapitiya issued a brief ...

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 18 2022 WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 18 2022 Investor's Uyghur Comments Are Even Worse Than You've Heard On the menu today: Most folks are focusing on the comment from Chamath Palihapitiya, a Sri Lankan-born Canadian and American venture capitalist, that he doesn't care about the Uyghurs in China. But he went much further, and he said worse things. This wasn't an ambush interview; this was his own podcast with his friends. This wasn't a brief comment taken out of context; this was an impassioned argument that criticizing China's human-rights record was deplorable. This isn't the usual case of a businessman being struck blind when it comes to the abuses of Beijing; this is a man who could afford the consequences of doing the right thing and standing up against a crime against humanity . . . and who deliberately chooses to stand with the victimizer against the victims. 'Morally Virtue-Signaling about Somebody Else’s Human-Rights Track Record Is Deplorable' You're going to hear a lot of hot takes about Chamath Palihapitiya and his comments about the Uyghurs in China this week. Amid the resulting firestorm, Palihapitiya issued a brief ...   READ MORE

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