Warren Buffet and George Soros, in a way, because they made their money through financial systems rather than cracking whips over people's backs. They dont build myths about being "self-made" or...
Warren Buffet and George Soros, in a way, because they made their money through financial systems rather than cracking whips over people's backs. They dont build myths about being "self-made" or other toxic mumbo jumbo and are generally open about how they did it. Both also donate massive amounts of their wealth to good causes.
Now, there are still issues with hiw these folks interact with the economy, like Berkshire Hathaway owns companies that are fairly exploitive as portfolio holdings, but Buffet, in his position at Berkshire, as well as the entire parent organization, is simply an owner, not a manager of the firms below them.
I'm not even one of the "in principle, wealth disparity is an evil" folks, but, nah. I would probably get along with a few of them based on personality, but none of them earned their wealth, most...
I'm not even one of the "in principle, wealth disparity is an evil" folks, but, nah. I would probably get along with a few of them based on personality, but none of them earned their wealth, most of them are clearly obsessed with money as an end in itself, and even the ones who seem to be genuinely in the predicament of feeling trapped between being a lone arbiter of insane power and the complete lack of ability to actually divest themselves without just reproducing similar outcomes don't seem interested in dismantling the corruption of our world.
Warren Buffet and George Soros, in a way, because they made their money through financial systems rather than cracking whips over people's backs. They dont build myths about being "self-made" or other toxic mumbo jumbo and are generally open about how they did it. Both also donate massive amounts of their wealth to good causes.
Now, there are still issues with hiw these folks interact with the economy, like Berkshire Hathaway owns companies that are fairly exploitive as portfolio holdings, but Buffet, in his position at Berkshire, as well as the entire parent organization, is simply an owner, not a manager of the firms below them.
I'm not even one of the "in principle, wealth disparity is an evil" folks, but, nah. I would probably get along with a few of them based on personality, but none of them earned their wealth, most of them are clearly obsessed with money as an end in itself, and even the ones who seem to be genuinely in the predicament of feeling trapped between being a lone arbiter of insane power and the complete lack of ability to actually divest themselves without just reproducing similar outcomes don't seem interested in dismantling the corruption of our world.