So Starbucks’ CEO commutes to work by private jet? Let’s not pretend the super-rich care about the planet
So Starbucks’ CEO commutes to work by private jet? Let’s not pretend the super-rich care about the planet
It’s paper straws and compostable cups for the masses, space travel and $600m weddings for their overlords. No wonder everyone who can afford it wants a doomsday bunker, writes Arwa Mahdawi
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There is no defending this but let's not pretend they are some homogeneous group!
Idk, billionaires are homogeneous where it counts, & for the majority of them, the way they got it or the way they use that wealth & power speaks to parasitic & sociopathic tendencies, SO I’m super frikkin ok treating them as a homogeneous group
Let me give you one example: Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia. He gave the company away to a non-profit 2022 making him no longer a billionaire. Patagonia gives 1% of its total sales to environmental groups and he started the company himself by selling hand-forged mountain climbing gear. Just because people don't make the negative headlines doesn't mean generalizing is a good idea, even if such high positions are more likely to have people with sociopathic tendencies as ruthlessness in business is often rewarded.