They liked to play God: Titans of industry and finance back then often assumed that they had the right to supersede the law and tutor the rest of America on how best to order its affairs. They liked to play God. It’s a habit that’s returned with a vengeance in our own time. “The Koch brothers are only the most conspicuous among a whole tribe of ‘self-made’ billionaires who imagine themselves architects or master builders of a revamped, rehabilitated America. The resurgence of what might be called dynastic or family capitalism, as opposed to the more impersonal managerial capitalism many of us grew up with, is changing the nation’s political chemistry.”
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:09:51 +0000
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