Been idly compiling a “billionaire political ideologies” dossier (Koch, Soros, Mercer, Thiel...) Starting to think billionaire-vs-billionaire is not the best way for a society to do its political thinking How do you advance political thought without billionaire $ fueling it?
-
-
Has echoes of Athenian democracy; Pericles against the backdrop of Cimon/Themistocles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericles Wondering what Obama's next move could be. He's got 30 years to meaningfully organize ideologues and capital. What's needed is a 'big story' to channel big money.
-
Motivation: Re-frame populism from $$ capital to Ancient Greek concept of Leitourgia (Liturgy) aka public capital. x Coordination: Crypto-mechanisms. = Could be a way out of Billionaire Clash-of-the-Titans politicking. https://aeon.co/ideas/voluntary-taxation-a-lesson-from-the-ancient-greeks … cc
@albertwengerpic.twitter.com/dnQ60yVoFA
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
Have you had any further insight on this? Did it make it to a BreakingSmart or RibbonFarm post I may have missed? ..or just too gnarly ?
-
Nope
- Show replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.