Mike Moritz slams politically correct tech culture, praises Chinese work ethic

Post by evangelista » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 4:09 PM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #24

Complaining about Silicon Valley political correctness while extolling the virtues of China is at best tone deaf. It’s pretty much impossible for anyone who has any experience with Asia to deny that racism is just more socially acceptable over there than in the US. And things like homosexuality are suppressed. For example, China recently banned depictions of homosexuality on TV. So of course it’s easier to say certai…

Post by liberte82 » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 4:14 PM UTC

evangelista wrote: post #61

rayiner wrote: post #24

Complaining about Silicon Valley political correctness while extolling the virtues of China is at best tone deaf. It’s pretty much impossible for anyone who has any experience with Asia to deny that racism is just more socially acceptable over there than in the US. And things like homosexuality are suppressed. For example, China recently banned depictions of homosexuality on TV. So of course it’s easier to say certai…

I don’t think political correctness is the correct description of what he is trying to complain about. The word he is looking for is “entitlement caused by excessive privilege.” The reason people in China work that hard is that there are many people in poverty who would also like to work very hard for those jobs and very little safety net. I should also mention once again: The United States is nowhere near as racist…

Post by liberte82 » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 4:16 PM UTC

evangelista wrote: post #53

alexnewman wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i’ve never found a country less racist than the us

The only way to think like this is to have never left the US. Unfortunately, too many American grow up not having the exposure of how people speak in the rest of the world. Ever seen an entire soccer stadium erupt into monkey calls when a black player kicks a goal? You don’t know what a climate of racism is. Americans think they are surrounded by racism, they have no idea what that actually means.

Post by liberte82 » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 4:18 PM UTC

throwaway7312 wrote: post #52

rayiner wrote: post #24

Complaining about Silicon Valley political correctness while extolling the virtues of China is at best tone deaf. It’s pretty much impossible for anyone who has any experience with Asia to deny that racism is just more socially acceptable over there than in the US. And things like homosexuality are suppressed. For example, China recently banned depictions of homosexuality on TV. So of course it’s easier to say certai…

The simplest way of looking at this is that the more power you divide up among increasingly small segments of your population, the more you divide the house. In China, there is the objective of China, where there is a singular focus on what is good for the people and the country. Groups that would take away from this to empower their own group are viewed as attacking the collective. America until the middle of the 19…

Post by scarmig » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 4:21 PM UTC

mindcrime wrote: post #26

rayiner wrote: post #24

Complaining about Silicon Valley political correctness while extolling the virtues of China is at best tone deaf. It’s pretty much impossible for anyone who has any experience with Asia to deny that racism is just more socially acceptable over there than in the US. And things like homosexuality are suppressed. For example, China recently banned depictions of homosexuality on TV. So of course it’s easier to say certai…

That’s the difference between a society where tensions are high because we’re actively trying to work through the challenges faced by our minority groups, and one where there are no tensions because the concerns of minority groups are completely suppressed. Very well put!