Thread by @lthomasnews

As I explained on #MorningKombat, I don't look to corporations for moral leadership (unless a cause is baked into the company from the start, like 'fair trade coffee').

I do not take it seriously when Gillette or Nike try this because it's all still part of profit maximization.

Or plain hypocrisy, e.g. Nike uses suspect labor standards in developing nations.

So, it should come as no surprise that Disney - who talks a great deal about corp social responsibility (thewaltdisneycompany.com/social-respons…) created a moral horror with the new Mulan: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…

To make the movie, Disney worked with and thanked parts of the Chinese governments in regions responsible for carrying out modern-day genocide against Uighur Muslims.

There is a tendency in modern American life to put the corporation at the center of what we do: it's not merely how we pay our bills, but where we meet friends and have most of our day-to-day socialization, derive our identity and more.

Now we want them to project our ethical preferences, even though these are instruments in no way designed to do such a thing?

I believe in personal advocacy. In sports, I believe in individual athlete advocacy. I do not look to corp or sports orgs for moral leadership.