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Interesting thread on the moral hazards of inherited wealth or power. Burn-it-down solutions seem more attractive if you were born at the top I guess, and never had to do much climbing.
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1/ I'm starting to see a pattern here: Why are so many powerful men born in a wealthy family so influenced—even literally shaped—by their father? It's true for Donald Trump, Charles Koch, & Jacob Rees-Moog. And the results are...mixed at best. ▶️ theguardian.com/books/2018/nov
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Burn-it-down also appeals to people who have no stake in the system because they don't benefit from it as disenfranchised folks. A system that serves the middle class is going to hurt the very rich and possibly the very poor. Terrorists are same: they want to reshuffle the deck