Chamath Palihapitiya Is ‘Not Even Sure That China Is a Dictatorship’

When venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya downplayed Uighur oppression on a recent podcast, he didn’t mention his deep business ties to China. KevinTDugan writes

Photo: All-In Podcast via YouTube Last weekend, Chamath Palihapitiya waded into the issue of China’s human-rights violations against its Muslim Uighur population when he threw up his hands at the whole thing.

It was a striking comment for someone who excoriated his fellow venture capitalists back in 2017 for being a bunch of “well-intentioned, soulless cowards.” The comment drew immediate backlash, with the Warriors franchise distancing itself from the investor, saying that “his views certainly don’t reflect those of our organization.

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