What is (or used to be?) implicit is that a person who has the means to be free of subsistence activities will/should take the time to *acquire a quality education and make an even better contribution to society and humanity.
But what is evident is that the wealthy are rotting intellectually like much of the rest of society. And their brainrot has more impact because they are among the wealthiest people who have ever lived.
The rich got rich exactly by contributing to society and humanity. This is exactly what I mean by "rich people bad" local optima trap that you also seem to have fallen into.
Pardon me, but this seems to be a local optima trap too.
- It makes me and my partners extremely rich
- It creates jobs for at-risk youth
- It provides products and services that people want
It benefits society! I am a benefit to society! Why can't anyone see this?
When he gets a payout by suing the government and then directing the government to pay him, how is hie contributing to society and humanity?
Heck, a large portion of my wealth came from buying ETFs and watching the number go up. How did I contribute to society and humanity to achieve that?