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Originally Posted by sterlingice
EDIT: Really not trying to be a dick, just trying to understand. Like to me, this doesn't seem like that big of a thing - she made a very, um, capitalist decision. It seems so very American, rightly and wrongly.
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That's kind of how I view it. It just doesn't make my top ten things to be pissed off about today.
So, rightfully, she gets questions about China's human rights abuses and she deflects them as she's probably trained to do. She makes a fortune in China, gets to compete in a sport she loves, and we all move on.
It's not like she could say something and Xi would pause, reflect, and say, "you know, now that you mention it, maybe we shouldn't be a communist country and enslave minority people."
In the end, like with the NBA, it's kind of funny watching athletes avoid the questions. But you're right, that's how capitalism has always worked and probably should work.