that's... exactly the point, but with the reverse conclusion. You can always paint a narrative about how this situation is different than others. You can justify anything you want by just working backwards in this way. So instead, we have values and principles, and those are the things that should be under debate.
Assigning different priority to things and spending energy on one issue but not another may be hypocrisy. We don't know in this situation. Just as you commenting here right now and not mentioning issues in Papua New Guinea doesn't make you a hypocrite not caring about human lives.
You can slam "whataboutism" all you want, but it successfully points out hypocrisy, double-standards and opportunism.
The point is that no two situations are exactly the same. And whataboutism dodges the details.
Maybe the CEO’s stance is: I won’t do business with a country that annexes another non-aggressive country through violence.
that's... exactly the point, but with the reverse conclusion. You can always paint a narrative about how this situation is different than others. You can justify anything you want by just working backwards in this way. So instead, we have values and principles, and those are the things that should be under debate.
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... while I'm alive.
Otherwise the Kingdom of Hawaii might have something to say.
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Assigning different priority to things and spending energy on one issue but not another may be hypocrisy. We don't know in this situation. Just as you commenting here right now and not mentioning issues in Papua New Guinea doesn't make you a hypocrite not caring about human lives.