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The current crop of ultrabillionaires may lack many things but I don't think backbone is on the list. They are as ruthless as any robber baron or industrialist
by OldGuyInTheClub 3y ago
The current crop of ultrabillionaires may lack many things but I don't think backbone is on the list. They are as ruthless as any robber baron or industrialist of old. They can buy, sell, and eliminate people and governments as they see fit. Good luck getting close enough to take actual or metaphorical aim.
- saulpw 3y agoThe ones who "made" their billions, sure. Not their kids.
- OldGuyInTheClub 3y agoThe Trump children haven't fallen far from the tree. Don't know about Bezos, Gates, etc. but if their kids (if they have them) were off doing socially redeeming works I'm sure it would be known. Private security is pretty good insulation against consequences, spine or no spine.
- colineartheta 3y agoI think “backbone” in this context is a stand-in for “integrity” and/or “honor”. I think the fact that they can “buy, sell, and eliminate people and governments as they see fit” is the obvious proof that they don’t possess any real integrity, dignity, or honor for themselves or other people - so, no, they don’t have “backbone”. Power, wealth, sure. But not backbone.
- OldGuyInTheClub 3y agoI don't know the movie. I took 'backbone' as a synonym for strength, will, and/or an iron fist to accumulate power and wealth vs. the other terms.