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California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office said the governor was denied entry into a venue at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, after being invited to speak at the event due to "pressure" from the Trump administration.

Newsom had been scheduled to speak with Fortune at the USA House, Davos, a privately organized event, at the World Economic Forum, which has been recognized by the U.S. government as the nation's headquarters in Davos.

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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Once again your not wrong here either. I don't disagree, but you're showing a complete lack of nuance.

Social murder or death camps? Hmm which is worse nobody knows.

If someone were to mug you you can't just say "I reject this scenario" you'd be dead.

You hand over your money you'd be alive.

Just because you hand over your money doesn't mean you support the existence of mugging. You support the immediate continuation of your life.

Also this: "By shrugging and saying "well the bar is in hell!", we also shrug off the responsibility to combat this shit in whatever form it takes" is just untrue.

Honestly I'm getting a bit tired of you trying to use me as a spring board for your arguements.

So to get back to the original point, which you keep ignoring, Trump and Newsome are not identical. A lot more people would be alive today if we switched the two. That's not an endorsement of Newsome, and I'm tired of you trying to make it one. The world is not black and white sorry. Someone can be better than where we are and still not good.