Billionaire NBA Executive Claims ‘Nobody Cares’ About The Uyghurs, America Has No Moral Authority Over China

Billionaire tech entrepreneur and part-owner of the NBA Golden State Warriors Chamath Palihapitiya recently claimed that the United States did not have the moral authority to speak out against the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights abuses due to American prison conditions and other problems found in the U.S., as a result, he did not care about the problems facing Uyghurs in China. He also claimed that issues like climate change and America’s healthcare system were more important to focus on than the plight of millions of Muslims being targeted for their ethnicity in China.

The NBA has been under criticism for continuing business with China and refusing to speak out against a myriad of issues plaguing the communist state while numerous star athletes and coaches, including the Warriors’ Steve Kerr, have blasted the U.S. for supposed systemic racism in policing and other areas of government.

“Nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghurs, okay? … I’m telling you a very hard ugly truth… Of all the things I care about, yes it is below my line.”
—Chamath Palihapitiya (billionaire CEO of Social Capital & part owner of Golden State Warriors)pic.twitter.com/gPGLpg4vgO

— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) January 17, 2022

Palihapitiya’s comments came during Sunday’s edition of the “All-In Podcast,” a show he co-hosts with industry colleagues Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, and David Friedberg. Calacanis, for his part, pushed back against Paliapitya saying that the CCP’s imprisoning of more than 1 million Uyghurs was comparable with the Holocaust and that his accusations against America were disproportionate.

While discussing President Joe Biden’s potential 2024 chances, Calcanis praised the president for “the fact that he came out with a statement on the Uyghurs” that was “very strong.”  Calcanis noted that support for it was “not coming up in the polls.” – READ MORE