Status Updates From Winners Take All: The Elite...

Wow. OMG, this is so far out of my comfort zone. I’m getting cramps in my brain. People are just soooo much smarter than me. Great information. My comprehension is a huge strain. I’ll keep at it though. It’s fascinating.

“Globalism risks belonging to no one.”

Global business as, essentially, neocolonialism 😭

The rise of the “thought leader”: promotes practical individualist tips over structural analyses, places the blame on the individual if they don’t succeed, absolves elites’ guilt of their role in making the world worse for everyone.

Well, well. “Passive voice” not only allows billionaires to believe they have no say in shaping market trends, it also allows them to see themselves as the little rebel guy fighting great forces of evil, and not the evil itself. Thus, billionaires are fighting corruption, not the ones spreading corruption.

Wow. Chapter 2 is about how elites see social initiatives as “win-win”: helping the rich AND helping the poor. They dislike the term “social justice” because they see it as “win-lose” (helping the poor means hurting the rich), and so they avoid that and use the term “fairness” instead.

“For when elites assume leadership of social change, they are able to reshape what social change is.”