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Let's build a society that worships at the altar of capitalism and then be suprised when people prioritize capital over moral integrity.
Saudi just increased the offer until people accepted. Gillis said they immediately doubled the offer when he declined.
Many people like to pretend they don't have a number but even those that are living comfortably often do.
If someone dangled a million in front of you to do work that's essentially a repitition of or derivative of work you'd previously done, how many people do you know would say no to that?
Now these are comedians who are living very comfortably which makes it feel more wrong. But let's not act like we can't understand or relate to why they're doing it. Every single one of us has people in our social circles would take an offer like this.
We all have our hard lines morally, no doubt. But I'd argue the majority of people would accept an offer of x million dollars to do a show in Saudi Arabia or anywhere else, if they didn't think their own safety was at risk.
Perhaps we need to think about how this reflects on society as a whole, and the values we hold, rather than getting angry at any particular devotee to our extractive capitalist systems which uphold greed over moral good.
Saudis must really desperate to whitewash, sportwash themselves as of late. they know Oil wont last so they are trying invest by buying up sports and entertainment teams all over the world. EA being the latest.
You're not wrong. These comedians have made their choices. For money, against integrity.
You're not wrong about capitalism, either, but is that a valid reason to just do anything for money?
Here's the line-up btw (not complete I guess):
im not surprised about CK, he needed to get more relevancy after getting partially cancelled for bieng a pervert.