When the very privileged believe that they and their families can elude the tragedy unfolding around them, they will obstruct the national work needed to create the forms of freedom. Having chosen escape, they will deride those who work in solidarity for freedom. Their money will draw others into the snide chorus. Wealth preservation distorts politics for everyone who is not wealthy—in the demanding circumstances of the twenty-first century, fatally and finally. The attempt by the monied few to monopolize the future closes it down for everyone else.
