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I don’t get the obsession with building an “empire”. Why is that even something people find noble or the actions of a “responsible elite”? Imperialism quite lit
by namose 5y ago
I don’t get the obsession with building an “empire”. Why is that even something people find noble or the actions of a “responsible elite”? Imperialism quite literally has destroyed the lives of millions of people in the service of a privileged few.
If you really wanted to be a responsible elite build public goods, not an empire.
- bamboozled 5y agoIf you have nothing to offer, you build and empire to create importance for yourself. At least the illusion of it. The most wretched shit people I’ve ever worked with are empire builders.
- saos 5y agoIt’s like the current obsession in the U.K. around building a property empire. It’s weird.
- srcreigh 5y agoMaybe you do get it. In my opinion, his empire is the very public good itself. What is building an empire? To gather the resources, make plans, complete projects, gain collaborators, provide services, pass the torch. Defeat problems for public good, defeat temptations to extort exploit and abuse...