UglyCasanova
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When can we expect a forum rule change to accommodate the Chinese gov?
No personal attacks for the EU, no insulting the Chinese for the CCP.
It's becoming defacto standard among companies after that sweet, sweet Chinese money tit.
But you will be in the vast minority. Most Western players don't care enough to really punish Blizzard, and certainly not nearly enough to offset the amount of punishment an official ban in China would produce.
I don't get your point. They're not citing that reason right now either. In fact, that would defeat the purpose. That purpose being to navigate these issues, as they may arise, while strengthening their brand and maximizing revenue. It is not any more complicated than that. Corporations do not have political agendas outside the bottom line. They don't care if you're gay or a social conservative or even both. They just care that you're buying. And if you're not buying for some reason, then they will cater their interests to those who are.
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This was from my apartment bedroom window when I was there, that was roughly 20 years ago
There are times where I find the right wing social conservative attitude towards capitalism to be indistinguishable from that of left wing progressive social justice warriors. This is one of those times.My point was stated. Whatever their motive, they've no aversion to political or cultural battles. Their stating so is typical and shameful, exactly for the reasons you say. If telling the truth comes at the sacrifice of the bottom line, sacrifice the truth. If opposing a murderous dictatorship's speech restrictions comes with a cost in dollars, grovel like craven weaklings.
That a profit-driven enterprise mostly cares about its bottom line is obvious. That doesn't excuse a complete abdication of self-respect.
There are times where I find the right wing social conservative attitude towards capitalism to be indistinguishable from that of left wing progressive social justice warriors. This is one of those times.
And as I tell those SJW's, you need to think of capitalism as the economic equivalent of democracy, but the elections are held 24/7 and dollar bills are the votes.
So if a corporation appears to get involved in a political or cultural battle, that is only because that is something their paying customers want them to do. As in, NBA season ticketholders in an urban liberal market support gay rights. Or young athletes who buy athletic shoes support BLM. Or Disney likes the girlboss theme because girls (and their parents) buy their merch.
It is not anymore complicated than that. If a corporation appears "woke" that is only because it wants those people as their customers. Same reason for "celebrating diversity" but with the added caveat that corporation wants to be able to hire from the most diverse talent pool possible without any racial or cultural differences causing problems in the workplace.
And as for the ever popular boycott, those only work when your interest makes up a significant enough fraction of the boycotted company's paying customers. Otherwise, it doesn't do anything to boycott a corporation you weren't buying from anyway. Even worse is when you pretend to boycott, but secretly don't.
And I suspect that your "complete abdication of self-respect" comment is really just anger that a corporation goes with the interests of their paying customers rather than yours. As I also tell SJW's, people can have a competing interests to your agenda without necessarily being evil.
When the NBA said they don't get involved in political battles, they were lying. They do. That's all.
How did they get involved?
Good. Fuck ANY company that wants to censor criticism of a totalitarian regime.
I hope they get so much blowback that they shit their pants with the amount of dollar loses.
By boycotting the state of NC during the bathroom bill controversy two years ago.
I’ve lived a couple months in Hong Kong. Thanks for once again letting me know what my positions are though.
Good for AOC.
AOC Joins Cruz, Sasse, Others in Letter to NBA’s Silver Condemning League for ‘Betrayal of American Values’ | National Review
The co-signers criticized NBA commissioner Adam Silver and the league for not anticipating “the challenges of doing business in a country run by a repressive single-party government.”www.nationalreview.com
Pretty much anyone who ever heard her speak would know she's smart and articulate.Well shit - she does half a brain. Whoduh-thunkit?
Pretty much anyone who ever heard her speak would know she's smart and articulate.
Pretty much anyone who ever heard her speak would know she's smart and articulate.
Bud, If you're too inept to understand the implications of raising taxes, then you're just simply too stupid for the job.
The concept of raising a tax rate and simply equating the tax will be paid is seriously hilarious. That can only come from someone that is too dumb dumb to understand what people who are rich do with their money - which isn't surprising - were talking about an incompetent moron who hasn't paid a US Federal Income Tax dollar in her life until now. She is so incompetently inept that she simply thinks if you raise the tax amount that you will equally have the same amount of people paying - just at the new higherrate. This has been academically disproven multiple times.
Anyone with a high school diploma can tell you that won't be the case. Anyone that has ever read a god damn single independent study of taxation can tell you that will not be in the case.
If that is what you consider "smart and articulate" than you may want to start re-evaluating things in life.
Because maybe .. just maybe... It isn't possible to earn income in the multiple other countries and jurisdictions for the exact same function. Crazy I know right?if only passing a law allowed you to accomplish multiple things simultaneously, like increasing taxes *and* reducing the ability for high earners to claim deductions on their taxes. What a novel concept that would be.
And lets not forget those great days with a burgeoning middle class and no tax on the super wealthy....
Because maybe .. just maybe... It isn't possible to earn income in the multiple other countries and jurisdictions for the exact same function. Crazy I know right?
Absolutely not true. Hollywood has done a number on Public Enemy #1, the traitor in chief and abuser of migrant children Donald J Trump. I’m assuming that’s who you’re referring to? Pretty sure they aren’t the “craven sycophantic boot-lickers.”
I don't disagree. but why pick and choose the SJW campaign that you want to win, dismiss others, when clearly Blizzard's decision here was about preserving holy capitalism and nothing else?
I'm at a loss as to how and why some of you choose to support human rights in some cases, but just laugh at it in others....
Apple keeps bending over to Xi and showing their true color. Wonder if Jobs is still around it would be any different