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Kanye West sued, dropped by talent agency and retail platform over antisemitic slurs (www.theguardian.com)

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Kanye West has been sued and dropped by his talent agency after he posted a stream of antisemitic abuse, put T-shirts with a swastika on sale in his online shop, and was alleged to have described himself as Hitler to a Jewish employee.

Last week West, also known as Ye, wrote a barrage of antisemitic posts on X including, “I’m a Nazi … I love Hitler”.

The swastika T-shirt was placed for sale on the website of his fashion brand Yeezy, with the product line “HH-01”, assumed to be code for “Heil Hitler”.

Shopify, the company that provided the online platform for Yeezy, has now taken the store offline, stating: “All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform. This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms.”

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

There are people who legit do not care about any other person than themselves. This isn't a question of legality, but morality.

The question you have to ask is "who do these actions benefit the most?"

Harriet Tubman absolutely cared about other people, otherwise she wouldn't have done what she did to help free slaves or advocate for women's sufferage.

How much did Robin Hood personally benefit from stealing from the rich and giving to the poor? If he was truely selfish, wouldn't he have kept all the riches to himself? Sure, he got fame and notoriety, but I think we all know that riches = power, and it has always been that way ever since large civilzations began.

Also a counterpoint: Following the law does not make you just if the laws you follow are unjust laws, especially if they hurt other people. The obvious example here would be Nazi Germany. Nazis were just following orders, and anyone who rightfully resisted their regime were severely punished. Were the people who resisted bad people? Were the people who followed the law good people?

Now, take someone like Trump. Has he ever done something in his life to benefit another person over himself? Has he ever made a sacrifice in service to another person? I'm not counting tit-for-tat corrupt dealings here, but genuine actions of kindness. What about Elon or Zuckerberg?