>These two points seem contradictory. If you are very powerful, you can draw on great resources, and you can address many things. Power isn't a single resource

>These two points seem contradictory. If you are very powerful, you can draw on great resources, and you can address many things. Power isn't a single resource that can be accumulated and spent. The accumulation of soft power over public discourse isn't the sort of thing that inherently helps you put out fires, and in fact managing that growth can be one of the fires. >There is no excuse beyond “we want money more than a healthy society.” Which GP covered in their 4th point. Even a CEO who doesn't believe that answers to a board who does. And if the board has reservations, they answer to shareholders who do. It's a structure that continually passes the buck so no one has to consciously decide to put profits over people. Fiduciary duty is a pretty slick moral hack, making the act of chasing the dollar feel like a communal good.