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I've always wondered how the philosophy and life insight of the ruling elite varies between public and private comments. Most of the advice here seems fairly an

by CPLX 6y ago

I've always wondered how the philosophy and life insight of the ruling elite varies between public and private comments. Most of the advice here seems fairly anodyne and unobjectionable. Perhaps a little overly focused on a certain kind of "success" but still nothing I would think of as wrong or manipulative or anything. But when he goes to something like Bohemian Grove and has conversations to share insights and advice with the small transnational group that essentially rules the global political and financial system, do they also sound like this? I don't have any first hand knowledge whatsoever but my gut feeling says the answer is likely no.

Bakary 6y ago
If you are a very wealthy or influential individual, you are essentially trapped into certain sets of behavior. You can still relate to other people, but the fact that you could solve most of their problems on an individual basis with an instant donation that would take you all of thirty seconds creates a gulf that can't be reached over. You can do a variety of activities, but these probably feel much less interesting than doing things that have an influence over a very large number of people. If you are, say, a CEO of a successful company that CEO role will be the only source of a certain type of feeling that can't be achieved elsewhere. I'm certain you are right: within their technocratic circles, they probably make far less wholesome and family-friendly pronouncements about life. But it's not fundamentally contradictory, just like a person can be crippled by an addiction that turns them into a monster on a regular basis while remaining normal, wise and approachable the remainder of the time.