The author expresses frustration that the new york times has a variety of perspectives.
>It often seems as though the Democratic and Republican parties are unconsciously perceived as the wife and husband in a very, very traditional marriage, since the former is supposed to defer to and please the latter, and the latter is free to run roughshod over the former
I think the author may be a bit trapped by their habit of seeing everything along gender lines
Nowadays though it feels like the label has a negative tinge; not quite a bad thing, but not something that feels like a universal benefit either. This change probably tracks with the rise of populism.
At least that's my nonscientific interpretation of the historical feeling in Germany since the 90s. But would love studies about it, in general.
I don't think people are a disease. I think of billionaires as people who mostly started businesses that were very successful. The fact that they started a successful business suggests they know something about the world that others don't (some insight). Millionaires can be lucky (happen to invest in Manhattan real estate or crypto) but to accumulate a billion is a different thing all together and a high signal that the person is extraordinary in some regard.
It also suggests, typically, that they just inherited generatinal wealth from their sociopath ancestors.
I don’t mean to judge because I think many people come to similar conclusions but I believe there has been a concerted effort to equate accumulation of wealth with genius, and to portray this anti-social behavior of endlessly accumulating wealth in a positive light.
I really think this phenomenon should be studied because it will likely lead to some catastrophic outcomes for the country.
Where did I say genius? They did something impressive so a useful model is to say "they know something about this world" or "they're built different". Not sure what you're referring to as anti-social behavior, but yeah I imagine extreme wealth generation means the person is likely to have some personal characteristic that could manifest as anti social. The smartest people I know are all ADHD or some other abnormality.
How exhausting must it be to think that anyone with success got so through illicit means or luck. It's much healthier to come in with the assumption that there's something to learn from that person.
Everyone else knows that gluttony is bad, not good.
camillomiller•1h ago