China Rules Everything Around Me (CREAM)

Difficult to Please

We go in on China. Erwin and JV banter about China's influence on the global world both from an economic perspective and a cultural one. They talk about a myriad of topics from the NBA, to tech companies, to fucking Blizzard's President's non-apologetic apology.

In the end, do people care? China delivers on what others don't want to do or can't afford to do. Instead of demonizing the country and their politics, perhaps there is something that the U.S. needs to change to combat China's economic rise (You know... like create affordable standards of living, etc. so outsourcing labor doesn't always need to be foreign...)

Show Notes

The raging controversy over the NBA, China, and the Hong Kong protests, explained by Matthew Yglesias

Blizzard bans player for supporting Hong Kong protests: all the latest updates by The Verge

Blizzard's President's statement at BlizzCon 2019