Comment on NBA star Stephen Curry faces backlash over investments in ‘Israeli’ firms

• falidorn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The amount of people that have gotten rich from sports is infinitesimally small compared to the total of rich people that exist. Yes, Playing sports well doesn’t equate to being morally wrong or right. I’m gonna assume the question wasn’t directed at that tiny group of people.

  I will add that, in the vast majority of cases, people don’t invest money morally.

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  • David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m gonna assume the question wasn’t directed at only that tiny group of people.

    It was lol. That’s what the post is about and all the examples I gave are also sports related.

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    • falidorn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That seems kind of silly then. The entertainment industry has been rife with immorality forever. Sports players are literally selling their bodies to the highest bidder. It honestly makes sense a player would employ a company/person to get every dollar possible. NBA in particular is selling itself to the gambling industry. They aren’t exactly creating a moral refuge.

      The idea of investing morally is minority concept and is honestly at odds with the whole modern capitalist idea of investment.

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      • David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Sports players are literally selling their bodies to the highest bidder

        They literally are not lol. He didn’t hire someone, he owns the company. If he hired someone he’d have plausible deniability.

        The idea of investing morally is minority concept and is honestly at odds with the whole modern capitalist idea of investment.

        Hiding behind “capitalism made me do it” is the silliest thing I’ve heard in a while lmao

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