Extreme wealth is not independence. It is an unusually successful dependence upon everyone else.
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the strange ontology of power
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The Responsibility of Political Influence
When private influence operates at (or beyond) the scale of states, responsibility for the consequences of conflict cannot end with the state. Modern law was designed for, and emerged from, a world in which power had visible borders. Governments governed. Armies fought. Diplomats negotiated. When wars occurred or large harms unfolded, responsibility could be traced […]
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