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| Why the 'Woke' Corporations Back China |
| 2019-10-29 |
| Sultan Knish Think there’s a contradiction between ’woke’ corporate titans like Apple and Disney silencing anyone opposed to China’s crackdown on protesters in Hong Kong? It’s not hypocrisy, it’s synergy. The same forces that made the major brands scattered around your kitchen, living room and garage broadcast their support for gun control, gay marriage and illegal immigration are fueling their support for the People’s Republic of China pulling another Tiananmen Square in Hong Kong. The lefties in Beijing and Berkeley used the same set of ideological tools to force companies to toe the party line. They roped off access to an appealing customer base, the population of mainland China, urban millennials with huge amounts of disposable income, in exchange for ideological compliance. Communist China is one entangled oligarchy which mingles political party and company. Sound familiar? The CEO of Nike sits on the board of Disney. The CEO of Disney until recently sat on the board of Apple. The CEO of Apple sits on the board of Nike. Good thing we have a "free market economy" isn’t it? Disney, Apple and all the rest have no problem understanding their Chinese Communist counterparts. ESPN smears democracy protesters in Hong Kong for the same reason that it celebrated Colin Kaepernick. There’s a fundamental contradiction in principles between supporting a Communist police state and denouncing American police officers, but a perfect synergy of political expediency. Disney, ESPN’s parent company, has embraced identity politics from the top down, even as its head honcho, Bob Iger, remains whiter than vanilla ice cream, not because it really believes in this stuff. The Chinese Communist Party believes in One China. Its American counterparts believe in A Thousand Genders. Lefty power in China is built on unity and solidarity. Lefty power in America is built on divisive minority coalitions. But it’s only a difference if you focus on the means rather than the ends. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #3 Wait until they discover NBA is a medium to stealth insert social justice culture into Chinese cities; kidneys are gonna roll. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-10-29 15:47 |
| #2 It's all about the parties they get access to. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-10-29 06:08 |
| #1 "It's all about the Benjamins, baby" |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-10-29 04:29 |