SotR: The billionaire question.
Listening to the reasoning put forward by Kmele and Isaac with regards to billionaires (the creation of, the continued economic existence of, the realistic true valuation of, etc) I felt missed some important thoughts.
I want to say that, for the most part, I want to agree with Kmele and Isaac, that the economic system under which we operate and (for many but certainly not all, not sure if most) thrive under perhaps appropriately rewards the behaviors of these economic titans. If they can bring their receipts like Isaac said he was thinking about writing, I'm interested in going down the path farther if presented with the economic and societal good that they allegedly are doing, for the most part.
However, what the guys I really feel missed is that, if indeed billionaires are fine to exist and the prejudice found on the left against them is overblown and unfounded, they really should be policing their own better. The most present and prolific billionaires that we can summon to mind these days, Musk, Zuck, Bezos, Gates, Buffet (can't believe they didn't even remember Trump here) are the ones often doing the most egregious harm or are the ones most publicly putting their thumbs on the scales of media, culture, and politics.
They touched on the idea of massive wealth inequality and the ills we're facing that can be at least partially addressed by evening the playing field, but they didn't talk about the undue power that the very few are wielding. Sure, they don't actually have all that much in cash, but their assets enable lives and attention and influence as if they do.
Maybe the larger percentage of billionaires are doing good, or at least good by the methods and organizations which made them so wealthy. However, the fewer that have decided that by dint of their wealth they deserve to be our masters are earning our ire for their entire class.