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Maybe the people who serve society at the highest levels should also have the biggest stake in its successful outcomes.

DaSHacka 2y ago
That would still require what GP is suggesting, no? 1%'ers don't have to worry about the price of groceries nor affordable housing; they can just brute-force whatever they desire through excessive wealth. At least, that's the impression I get from the millionaires I know. Perhaps not all are like this (they gathered their wealth primarily via private equity) but I have no reason to think politicians would be any different.
- throwpoaster 2y ago
  The rich care as much as much about how the price of groceries leads to social unrest as you do, maybe more. There are jerks everywhere. Most very wealthy people I know fund science and hospitals.
  - AnimalMuppet 2y ago
    That's the third time you've posted this exact line. You're starting to sound like a shill, and an uncreative one at that.
    - throwpoaster 2y ago
      Ad hominem attacks are the last recourse of the rhetorically defeated. I accept your surrender. Better luck next time.
coldtea 2y ago
"serve society"? More like help themselves to the loot, while driving society to the ground...
- palmfacehn 2y ago
  Yet when some claim the public sector is corrupt, filled with looters and should therefore be cut, the opposition demands that the public sector should be expanded instead.
- throwpoaster 2y ago
  That this is how you think says a lot about you and nothing about them. The very wealthy people I know are largely focused on charity work and family.
- cowsandmilk 2y ago
  Bloomberg was the best mayor NYC has had in a long time. The less wealthy ones have generally been far more corrupt.
gorbachev 2y ago
But they are already rich, so the only thing they've been concentrating on is wealth preservation of their own class. To what consequences is quite nicely laid out by the blog post by Jeff.
- throwpoaster 2y ago
  This perhaps says more about you than them. Most rich people I know donate money to science and build hospitals.

That would still require what GP is suggesting, no? 1%'ers don't have to worry about the price of groceries nor affordable housing; they can just brute-force whatever they desire through excessive wealth. At least, that's the impression I get from the millionaires I know. Perhaps not all are like this (they gathered their wealth primarily via private equity) but I have no reason to think politicians would be any different.

throwpoaster 2y ago
The rich care as much as much about how the price of groceries leads to social unrest as you do, maybe more. There are jerks everywhere. Most very wealthy people I know fund science and hospitals.
- AnimalMuppet 2y ago
  That's the third time you've posted this exact line. You're starting to sound like a shill, and an uncreative one at that.
  - throwpoaster 2y ago
    Ad hominem attacks are the last recourse of the rhetorically defeated. I accept your surrender. Better luck next time.

coldtea 2y ago

"serve society"? More like help themselves to the loot, while driving society to the ground...

palmfacehn 2y ago
Yet when some claim the public sector is corrupt, filled with looters and should therefore be cut, the opposition demands that the public sector should be expanded instead.
throwpoaster 2y ago
That this is how you think says a lot about you and nothing about them. The very wealthy people I know are largely focused on charity work and family.
cowsandmilk 2y ago
Bloomberg was the best mayor NYC has had in a long time. The less wealthy ones have generally been far more corrupt.

gorbachev 2y ago

But they are already rich, so the only thing they've been concentrating on is wealth preservation of their own class. To what consequences is quite nicely laid out by the blog post by Jeff.

throwpoaster 2y ago
This perhaps says more about you than them. Most rich people I know donate money to science and build hospitals.