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.
Freedom is easy to celebrate in theory and much harder to preserve in practice.
Just my perspective.
Your mileage may vary.
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.