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You are onto something with the proximity to power thing. A lot of understanding of the world unlocked for me once I started peeling apart wealth & power, how w
by hammock 4y ago
You are onto something with the proximity to power thing. A lot of understanding of the world unlocked for me once I started peeling apart wealth & power, how wealth /= power, and how power is the more important end (vs wealth). For example, if anything, someone with a lot of wealth has likely been selling away a lot of power in order to acquire the wealth.
>It also is a field where it confers that wealth and status without Having to Know Someone
I wouldn't have thought this. What in your view are those fields?
- quartesixte 4y agoHollywood is a prime example of this. Music industry is another. Book publishing is also rife with nepotism but in a non-familial way. Anything media related in general. Even journalism -- Anderson Cooper is a Vanderbilt. Chris Cuomo's father and brother both high ranking politicians.
- quartesixte 4y ago>For example, if anything, someone with a lot of wealth has likely been selling away a lot of power in order to acquire the wealth. O, to the contrary, my dear friend. Someone with a lot of wealth has gained by exploiting their wealth to gain more power -- which results in them gaining more wealth. I would say that the correct equation is Riches!=Power. One can have a vast treasury that, incorrectly deployed, does not gain them power.