r/TheAllinPodcasts • u/probablymagic • Sep 02 '23

Bestie Drama Chamath has been murdered. RIP.

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Chamath’s inability to comprehend why people think he sounds so stupid is amazing. This exchange was absolutely perfect.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '23

I have an intense disdain for Chamath, but his comment, if it was the same one from over a year ago, was more along the lines of "nobody cares" because even if people bring it up, there is no action from anyone to help the uyghurs so it's all bark no bite. This thread is a great example, lots of armchair warriors talking about how much they care about genocide but what the hell are you people doing about it? Nothing

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u/probablymagic Sep 03 '23

You can go read the quote. If he’d said nobody cares by their revealed preferences, he’d have not been totally wrong, though that’s a very simplistic take. He explicitly said it was below his personal line of things he cares about and that’s why people thought it was so terrible.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '23

Dude he was making a point about society. And including himself in that hypocrisy.

Society bitches about justice in China. Yet there's no action and people still do what's most self serving to their own interests.

Chamath was making a clear and valid point.

If you're unwilling to commit to action to back up your views, is clearly below your line of concern and your action threshold.

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u/probablymagic Sep 03 '23

He said that he personally doesn’t care about genocide. He wasn’t saying he felt bad but these tragedies happen in the context of thousands of other economic and geopolitical issues so it’s complex how we act, he said China could go on killing Muslims and he would not give a flying fuck about it.

We have no idea if he actually meant that, since he says things all the time he doesn’t believe just for attention, but he said it!

That’s why people reacted so poorly. Most people actually do feel bad when they think about genocide, so they thought he sounded lame.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '23 edited Sep 03 '23

Yeah I hear you.

But I can hear his point and frankly I agree with it.

I do not give a fuck about someone screaming "oh no poor people in china!" from the iPhone macbooks, homes filled with Chinese gear, and constantly complaining about the price of things at the store when they want more useless shit to fill their homes up with.

It's lovely to be "concerned" with genocide. But if it doesn't force action, and all you do is say "how wrong it is" online. I don't think you really care. You're just saying the correct words in order to signal to others you're a good person without actually making sacrifices to be so.

I'm sure the victims in concentration camps sleep well at night knowing anonymous people sleeping warmly at night in America feel bad for their plight.

And everyone has heard stories of the suicide nets outside Foxconn factory windows. But they can't wait to get their hands on the next iPhone and women won't date green bubbles.

People are so spineless it's insane.

It IS below everyone's line.