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One of my clients has a house, whose ballroom is as large as the entire house I live in.

He's never had a real job in his life, but his "productivity" as measured by taxable income is at least 5x mine.

To his credit, he got bored and started a business. It has employees, who receive 95% of their renumeration from various government programs (I helped organise that).

It has permits, because he went to school with decision makers.

There is no universe in which he is a net benefit to society. But I like the guy, and for his social class he's well above the mean.
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mark tyler 2y ago

Nice example. Plus the whole Elon thing. I guess we’d need to support the idea that those who leech off government handouts overwhelm those who produce. I could see that.

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Low Information Voter 2y ago

Elon is the nearest thing to a counterexample I know.

With his just-the-right-amount-of-foreign charm and his Hollywood parties, he cajoled decision makers to open up a little space for Capitalism in two industries that had been regulatory-captured to the point of death.

And he's bright enough to understand what his staff are telling him, and even listens every once in a while. (Maybe less now than before.)

The exception that proves the rule, but doesn't justify the policies...