The 60th Otago Foreign Policy School brought together academics, diplomats, and thought-leaders -- and me. My imposter syndrome alarm sounded but here is a slightly edited version of remarks I made.
The disclaimer that billionaire status is not held against Musk rings hollow when the paragraph proceeds to attribute his alleged harms precisely to the influence that his vast wealth has enabled. The argument implicitly condemns extreme wealth while explicitly denying that it does.
The disclaimer that billionaire status is not held against Musk rings hollow when the paragraph proceeds to attribute his alleged harms precisely to the influence that his vast wealth has enabled. The argument implicitly condemns extreme wealth while explicitly denying that it does.
It's personal; unlike some others, I do not condemn the principle of billionaires existing.
How about the harm that such huge disparities in wealth cause, in politics, in economics. Which result in inequality of power and democratic decline