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Chamath Palihapitiya — an executive and part owner of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association — said that "nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghurs," who are victims of China's well-documented human rights abuses.
Palihapitiya is part of the "All-In" podcast with friends and colleagues Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, and David Friedberg, and they discuss the economy, tech, politics, and other subjects.
In episode 63, posted Saturday to YouTube, Calacanis brought up President Joe Biden's policy on China and said his statement on the Uyghurs was "very strong."
“Let's be honest, nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghurs, OK?" Palihapitiya shot back.
"What?" Calacanis retorted in shock. "What do you mean nobody cares?"
"You bring it up 'cause you really care, and I think that's nice that you care," Palihapitiya continued. "The rest of us don’t care. I’m just telling you ... a very hard, ugly truth, OK? Of all the things that I care about, yes, it is below my line, OK? ... It is below my line."
Calacanis called his colleague's stance "disappointing."
Soon Palihapitiya noted a few other issues he does care about, including empty shelves in grocery stores, climate change, that "our economy could turn on a dime" if China invades Taiwan, and America's "crippling and decrepit health care infrastructure."
"But if you're asking me do I care about a segment of a class of people in another country? Not until we can take care of ourselves will I prioritize them over us," Palihapitiya explained, adding that "every time I say that I care about the Uyghurs, I'm really just lying if I don't really care. And so I'd rather not lie to you and tell you the truth. It's not a priority for me."
When Calacanis argued it's a "sad state of affairs" when human rights as a global concept "falls beneath tactical and strategic issues," Palihapitiya replied that such a stance is a "luxury belief."
The Warriors' exec and part owner added that "we don't do enough domestically to actually express that view in real, tangible ways. So until we actually clean up our own house, the idea that we step outside of our borders ... with us sort of like morally virtual signaling about somebody else's human rights track record is deplorable."
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China's human rights abuses of the Uyghurs — and in general — not only have been a pretty big headline for a while now, but also it's an issue in professional sports, most notably in the NBA, which covets the communist nation's huge financial stake in the game: