Metadata
- Author: Stratechery
- Full Title:: The China Cultural Clash
- Category:: 🗞️Articles
- Document Tags:: Favorites
- URL:: https://stratechery.com/2019/the-china-cultural-clash/
- Finished date:: 2023-02-02
Highlights
China is not simply resisting Western ideals of freedom, but seeking to impose their own
In other words, Morey, a private U.S. citizen posting an image on a social network already banned in China, had to be fired, or the Rockets and the NBA would quite literally pay the price. Abide by China’s standards, or else.
This should raise serious concern in the United States and other Western countries: is it at all acceptable to have a social network that has a demonstrated willingness to censor content under the control of a country that has clearly different views on what constitutes free speech?
This is the point that Clinton got the most wrong: money, like tech, is amoral. If we insist it matters most our own morals will inevitably disappear.