PallasRiot on Nostr: The sharper the hierarchies of capitalism become, the larger the divides, the more ...

The sharper the hierarchies of capitalism become, the larger the divides, the more clear it is that the capitalists are profoundly unfit to lead.

Sure, Musk is on everyone's brain, and obviously he's a total moron. But also look at folks like Bill Gates who tried to revolutionize education and was literally so arrogant and stupid he destroyed education for a whole generation around the world. Peter Thiel is a man who literally struggles to understand Lord of the Rings and has been mesmerized by the least interesting dork on most forums. These are all incredibly destructive, useless people. Why?

Capitalists are self-selected to be the kind of people who lack the moral competence to not rob other people, lack the work ethic to explore anything productive, lack the self-reflection to question whether they really know more than others, and lack the intellect to ever recognize any of this. A person who was moral, clever, insightful, trustworthy, and intelligent would by definition struggle to do what one needs to do in order to achieve the great heights of the robber barons.