Is there an industry that would not take SA money? I don't understand the point of this article.
Once Saudis make peace with Iran and join BRICS, we may change our rhetoric.
Anti-Russia is the current thing
Anti-Saudi Arabia is not the current thing
I do the current thing because I am a moral person, and none of that other stuff matters because I am good person because I support current thing.
Outside the tech industry, everyone thinks of us as investment bankers - overly paid, out of touch clowns surviving largely on cheap money.
You should see the sheer glee online after every round of layoffs.
“An era can be considered over when its basic illusions have been exhausted.” - Arthur Miller
You have to wonder at their motives when the stated goals of "web3" include undermining usd.
These guys aren’t young anymore.
At a certain level, the person giving the speech about "making a positive impact" is lying, the audience knows they are lying, and the speaker knows the audience knows they are lying, yet everyone plays along because the veneer of altruism is still important.
See: SBF talking his big game about "radical altruism" to make people feel good about their jobs which were effectively promoting a pyramid scheme to make him and the other top dogs wealthy beyond measure.
You don’t need to be altruistic to make the world better.
PGA vs LIV.
Company? I can think of a few private, small companies with morals and a sustainable business model who wouldn't take SA money if it was a gift. But those kinds of businesses aren increasingly hard to find in the current climate of late stage capitalism.
Greed wins, all the time