There’s nothing wrong with looking at something and appreciating a particular trait, or a particular victory that was achieved without having to apologize for every bad thing that the same person or company has ever done.

I think that this is true as long as the thing that you are appreciating itself was being done for good and noble purposes, or not in furtherance of a greater evil.

So you can look at something about China, or something about George Washington, or something about Apple/Nike/Google, and recount that history in full appreciation of the magic that went into succeeding in that moment.

I think if every time you say something good about someone/something you’re supposed to disclaim everything terrible, you’ll have a hell of a lot of disclaiming to do.