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Comment by harrydry | Hacker News Reader

thats cause they didn't "enable child labor" or "violate human rights" to sell their first 50,000 shoes

But it is part of the Nike history and should have been mentioned. It is disgusting to read that kind of fanboy publication, deeply bowing before a company that helped to construct the modern international slavery system.

There’s nothing wrong with looking at something and appreciating a particular trait, or a particular victory that was achieved without having to apologize for every bad thing that the same person or company has ever done.

I think that this is true as long as the thing that you are appreciating itself was being done for good and noble purposes, or not in furtherance of a greater evil.

So you can look at something about China, or something about George Washington, or something about Apple/Nike/Google, and recount that history in full appreciation of the magic that went into succeeding in that moment.

I think if every time you say something good about someone/something you’re supposed to disclaim everything terrible, you’ll have a hell of a lot of disclaiming to do.

Personally, it’s a great example of amazing sales and how to build a brand.

There’s no reason why brands today couldn’t learn from Nike’s sales/branding story without having to emulate their manufacturing sins.

Learn what? Create a cult of people that buy subpar quality for expensive prices.

Yeah, every time there's an article about the United States ever, we should mention the Trail of Tears. That'll help.

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