There was a fascinating piece a while back arguing that in an earlier era the ultra-wealthy felt this sense of noblesse oblige and a duty to give back to the community until Reaganism convinced them that greed was good and they became increasingly self...
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There was a fascinating piece a while back arguing that in an earlier era the ultra-wealthy felt this sense of noblesse oblige and a duty to give back to the community until Reaganism convinced them that greed was good and they became increasingly self-centered.
Thinking about that one for some reason.
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Ex-WaPo Editor: This Is a Straight Bezos-Trump Quid Pro Quo
Robert Kagan tells the Daily Beast that Donald Trump’s meeting with Blue Origin executives the day its founder Jeff Bezos killed his paper’s Kamala Harris endorsement is proof of a backroom deal.
The Daily Beast (www.thedailybeast.com)
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@JoshuaHolland Reagan did it only on the government side. On the corporate side, Jack Welch did far more to argue for greed than Reagan.
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Salty B. 🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 ✡️replied to Riley S. Faelan last edited by
@riley @JoshuaHolland I hope Welch is roasting crisply in the bad place. That fucker ruined corporate responsibility.
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Riley S. Faelanreplied to Salty B. 🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 ✡️ last edited by
@david He was a chemist in his early career, known for blowing up a factory, so by the standards of Ironic Justice(tm), one has to expect that that a steady supply of explosives keeps getting added to his roasting spit.
