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The part the article misses is that not only are such people disconnected from the consequences of their own actions, they're disconnected from the consequences
by light_hue_1 2y ago
The part the article misses is that not only are such people disconnected from the consequences of their own actions, they're disconnected from the consequences of other people's actions as well.
Abortion bans don't apply to them. Hospitals closing don't apply to them. Wars didn't apply to them. All external problems are also solved with money.
This is what makes them fundamentally unfit to be in government. I think we should have a net worth cap and undo citizen's United.
- galfarragem 2y agoI am not afraid of plutocrats. I am afraid of idealist elites living in a paralel reality that manipulate the populace into voting against their interests. These ones terrify me.
- warkdarrior 2y ago> All external problems are also solved with money. You say that like it's a bad thing. Money is probably the most convenient way to solve problems (whenever it is possible), and I cannot think of a person who'd prefer to solve problems in some harder, more cumbersome way when given the option to solve it with money.
- khold_stare 2y agoI think you missed his point completely. The point is that money removes the consequences of their and other's actions. Without this visceral understanding of the world, those people are not fit for power.