Say you’re on a yacht with your principal and they had a few tequilas, and then they’re like, “Oh, come on. Join us.” Ultimately, you have to remember that you are there because they’re paying you. It’s a job. They’re not your friend. Obviously, you need to share compassion and empathy. Sometimes your boss needs you to be a shoulder to cry on.

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    8 months ago

    Well, if it’s impossible to measure there’s not much point arguing about it. The other rhetorical questions I can actually address.

    How many government subsidies do these elites consume?

    Knowing what government budgets look like, I’m going to guess some, but not a game-changing amount. Most of their money comes from their money.

    Would we even have a car dependent infrastructure nation wide?

    Probably. Before cars there was a lot of rail barons, so it’s not like they needed that to stay rich. As far as I can tell that sort of urban plan was a stupid idea that had broad currency in the midcentury.

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      8 months ago

      Most of their money comes from their money.

      You can be sure that everyone possessing more than a 100 million has a skeleton in the cupboard.

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        8 months ago

        People have literally won that much from lottery tickets.

        As far as I can tell most billionaires did the same thing in a more complicated way, and then claimed it was because of their genius and not chance. Even the ex-Soviet oligarchs had the same chance of going out a window as their late rivals did.