“I know better now than ever that wealth deranges. It disconnects you from the world. It inflates your self-regard. It allows you to believe that four people congratulating you at your country club makes you a GODDAMN HERO OF AMERICA. And it leads you to say things like former banker John A. Allison said in the article linked: “Instead of an attack on the 1 percent, let’s call it an attack on the very productive.” Because of course, you non-millionaires are not productive, and not worthy. I know this from experience: when wealth takes hold, the brain creates a new reality in order to explain your new fortune over the poor fortunes of others. It is not enough to say, as some of these men do, “I am wealthy, and I got some lucky advantages, but I also worked really hard and found some opportunities, and I am proud of it.” You must instead say: “my extreme wealth proves that I DESERVE to be wealthy, because I am better.” This logical fallacy is the core of Social Darwinism, but you’d think after a while that Homo Robber Baronensis would have bred some thicker skin. But it’s like no one around these rich and powerful men have ever called them a name or even disagreed with them! Oh! That’s right: no one has. At least, not for a long time. Well, some of these guys are childish, and some of them are creeps.”
John Hodgman (via azspot)
America, listen to this man. He has a millionaire mustache.
(via azspot)
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