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"Where are the wealthy who would like to try a bold experiment in communalism, anarchism, feminism or whatnot?" Flippant answer is that the two groups—"the wea
by empthought 11y ago
"Where are the wealthy who would like to try a bold experiment in communalism, anarchism, feminism or whatnot?"
Flippant answer is that the two groups—"the wealthy," and people interested in that sort of thing—have almost no overlap.
- mbil 11y agoAn example of an exception to that rule of thumb: Robert Owen, a successful industrialist who became one of the founders of utopian socialism. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Owen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Owen http://www.ushistory.org/us/26b.asp http://www.ushistory.org/us/26b.asp
- empthought 11y agoI don't think someone who died in 1858 is an exception to the modern composition of the wealthy population.
- netcan 11y agoIt might also mean that the latter group simply doesn't exist, not in the money-where-your-mouth-is way. It's one thing to be interested in these things in a "someone-should-do-something way". But I don't really think either of these are true. Bill Gates has some big "political" goals, societal scale ambitions. Elon Musk too, though he seems to like for profit companies as a vehicle. Some charities get substantial endowments and many in the leaser classes dedicate a lot of their time, attention & money to them.