“And this guy’s somehow a millionaire?”
Ayn Rand had his type pegged way back in 1957. She called it “The Aristocracy of Pull”:
“When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you - When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed.”
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And doomed we are!
[and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you - When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed.”]
Excellent quote. And frighteningly accurate for today.