I mean... yes, it's bad that the first response of the president of GWU to criticism of the Olympics was to essentially side against the Uighurs and the Chinese people who live in a nightmare dystopia surveillance state and literally the rest of the world who got COVID-smashed. That's bad.
But, considering that we (again, Canadian here, sā¦
I mean... yes, it's bad that the first response of the president of GWU to criticism of the Olympics was to essentially side against the Uighurs and the Chinese people who live in a nightmare dystopia surveillance state and literally the rest of the world who got COVID-smashed. That's bad.
But, considering that we (again, Canadian here, so this "we" is pretty broad) aren't doing anything to stop the Uighur genocide and haven't done anything to liberate people from said surveillance state and still live in societies awash in Anti-Vaxx morons, wasn't he also kinda right about our actual morals and priorities?
Appeasement of the Chinese Communist Party is bad, yeah, but our professed morals and ethics really only matter if we *do* stuff, not just say stuff.
We SHOULD probably be doing more to rescue the Uighurs. We SHOULD be holding China's leadership accountable for lying about COVID and helping to deliver a body blow to the global economy and the social norms of dozens (hundreds?) of cultures. We SHOULD be trying to free the Chinese people from their oppressive government surveillance, and protect Taiwan like we said we would, and restore domestic industries to limit China's economic cudgel in international affairs. We should.
But we aren't. So yes, the GWU president should be espousing better principles. But right now, those principles seem kinda hollow.
I'm not trying to whataboutism. I'm not trying to excuse the abuses of the Chinese government, which I despise. I'm just depressed that we've all learned to live with all this horrible shit. Doubly so as someone proud of his own Chinese heritage.
I mean... yes, it's bad that the first response of the president of GWU to criticism of the Olympics was to essentially side against the Uighurs and the Chinese people who live in a nightmare dystopia surveillance state and literally the rest of the world who got COVID-smashed. That's bad.
But, considering that we (again, Canadian here, so this "we" is pretty broad) aren't doing anything to stop the Uighur genocide and haven't done anything to liberate people from said surveillance state and still live in societies awash in Anti-Vaxx morons, wasn't he also kinda right about our actual morals and priorities?
Appeasement of the Chinese Communist Party is bad, yeah, but our professed morals and ethics really only matter if we *do* stuff, not just say stuff.
We SHOULD probably be doing more to rescue the Uighurs. We SHOULD be holding China's leadership accountable for lying about COVID and helping to deliver a body blow to the global economy and the social norms of dozens (hundreds?) of cultures. We SHOULD be trying to free the Chinese people from their oppressive government surveillance, and protect Taiwan like we said we would, and restore domestic industries to limit China's economic cudgel in international affairs. We should.
But we aren't. So yes, the GWU president should be espousing better principles. But right now, those principles seem kinda hollow.
I'm not trying to whataboutism. I'm not trying to excuse the abuses of the Chinese government, which I despise. I'm just depressed that we've all learned to live with all this horrible shit. Doubly so as someone proud of his own Chinese heritage.
Sorry. š£