NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels game broadcasts

Post by goatinaboat » Tue, Oct 08, 2019, 9:00 PM UTC

nostromo wrote: post #14

It's not much of a dilemma though, is it? Already-rich folks kowtowing to fascists for a quick buck is beyond pathetic. US companies should stop targeting China for growth. If they don't steal your IP completely, they'll eventually freeze you out like they just did the NBA. It's happened to many companies and will eventually happen to you too. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Post by JumpCrisscross » Tue, Oct 08, 2019, 9:01 PM UTC

Aperocky wrote: post #169

paggle wrote: post #92

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As Michael Jordan didn't say... "Republicans buy sneakers too." Billionaires didn't get to be billionaires by leaving money on the table. We need large scale political action against China.

Let's look at some large scale political action in the past: 1. Invade Iraq. 4000+ Americans dead, over 1 million Iraqi died. 2. Bombed Libya, it is now a $democratic_wonderland. I'm not putting Afghanistan here because I think it's justified, but then why are we still there after Bin Laden's dead? How about just minding our own business. If China don't want to watch NBA, then so be it. If you don't want to buy shit…

Post by nyolfen » Tue, Oct 08, 2019, 9:03 PM UTC

martythemaniak wrote: post #132

IanDrake wrote: post #106

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>calling Hong Kong protesters “separatists”, etc. Devil's advocate here...Are they not separatist? If not, shouldn't they be? It's hard to imagine your "country" working on a death clock. In 2047 it all ends. So, what is the point of fighting the good fight at this point? Why not face the inevitable and leave while you can? Or fight for a final independence now, while you can?

Well, they have five demands and the most "radical" of them is being able to vote for your own representatives. Being represented in your own government is a far cry from being a separatist. Most separatists are probably protestors, but that does not imply most protestors are separatists.

Post by lacampbell » Tue, Oct 08, 2019, 9:04 PM UTC

fucking_tragedy wrote: post #212

avn2109 wrote: post #153

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>> "... kowtowing to fascists ..." "Fascists" is probably not a good description of the Chinese Communist Party, since Fascism is widely regarded as always and everywhere the diametric opposite/enemy of Communism and Communists. Examples of this include [0] and [1] and [2] and [3], which are the results of me googling "is fascism the enemy of communism?" for 5 seconds. Probably you mean "Totalitarians" or "Statists"…

It's difficult to take a look at modern China and call it communist with a straight face.

Post by thelittleone » Tue, Oct 08, 2019, 9:05 PM UTC

ashelmire wrote: post #89

I find it interesting that there isn't a Boycott / Divest / Sanctions movement for China, despite the human rights abuses they've always committed, in addition to more recently holding people in concentration camps. Surely their offenses are far more egregious than Israel's? Where's the movement for Hong Kong, for the Uighur? Does anyone know of such an effort?