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> I don’t see it being so negative that it comes from oil.

I don't believe that's the actual problem. If it was Norway investing its oil money, this wouldn't be an issue. It's oil money from a state that is very much not aligned with the values SV companies claim.

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I guess you and I have different ideas about SV company values! I think that SV has very lax attitudes on censorship and data collection, and frankly I think that some of these companies practices would be much better accepted by the ruling parties Saudi Arabia than in most of America

Possibly. But the values they claim are very different from the Saudi values. I'm not here to judge whether they are virtuous or not, just pointing out that the article wasn't about "oil money" as "money made from oil" but specifically about oil money coming from countries that are openly opposed to the values SV claims to stand for. I'm sure that the argument would be the same if the money SA invests didn't stem from their oil exports but from Hajj tourism.

Are those SV companies aligned with the values they claim?

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