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> Not long ago Saudi Arabian money and PRC money was just fine

Wait, did something change this morning? AFAIK it's still fine and dandy to take Saudi money (esp. if you're the US government) and Chinese too.

If you work in tech you have to launder the Saudi money through Softbank but otherwise it's fine.

Isn't "taking Saudi money" Uber's current business model?

No, it's "Burning Saudi money", so maybe morally OK in the end?

The problem isn’t “taking Saudi money”, the problem is “giving Saudis equity” (i.e. influence and potential future profits). Donations solve this.

To certain values of "survival" which apply to people in no physical danger.

HN is less of a broad community than say reddit. Not all, but many of the perspectives are going to be from a tech startup POV