Extreme wealth is not independence. It is an unusually successful dependence upon everyone else.
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the strange ontology of power
Extreme wealth is not independence. It is an unusually successful dependence upon everyone else.
Corruption begins when reward outpaces responsibility, reflecting the tendency of complex communication systems to abbreviate consequence and concentrate advantage.
Populists tell you they’re going to smash the system for your benefit. Funny how it still always seems to end with the rich getting richer, the government getting worse, and everyone else paying for the repairs.
Corruption is not what happens when a healthy system breaks; it is what emerges when enough incentives, privileges, dependencies, and concentrations of power quietly align, turning private advantage into public infrastructure.