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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@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.
