rsvman2
Ok I’ll play whataboutism just this once. Yes I drink Coke (diet of course). Bought clubs assembled in China. Bought a Nike shirt. And let’s throw in I own an Apple phone.
Do I like the fact that companies chase cheap labor around the world? No. Do I like that companies ignore human rights in countries they operate in? No.
I also don’t like things our government does, but still choose to live here and exercise my right to protest. So given all that I’m supposed to give up my right to criticize what I find reprehensible?
Using your criteria with the global economy none of us can criticize anything these countries do because everything is so embedded with everything else you have to be an absolutist consumer.
That’s a heavy lift for the average person. Like many conscientious consumers I try and pick my battles. But getting back to your criteria, under your rules no one can criticize what another country does unless they’re pure as the driven snow in their consumerism.
Now it’s my turn to play. I’ll keep it simple. This was asked by a media person at the press conference in London.
Would you play in a golf tournament sponsored by Putin? And would you have played in South Africa back during apartheid? Where is your line?
I would not and would not sign a contract with LIV Golf. Yes boycotting everything made in a country with a brutal authoritarian regime would be ideal. But not realistic in a global economy.
But because that’s an impossible thing to achieve shouldn’t negate a person from voicing their opinion on important issues such a human rights.
