No, don’t be dense. Black and white thinking all around. Yet again needing to teach some of you about spectrums and some bonus content on intersection analysis.
Idk much about Epstein’s net worth, but let’s assume you are correct that he was just a millionaire (I don’t know any millionaires that cold afford private islands, jets, massive ranches, etc… So if he was a “millionaire” I assume that figure was closer to one billion than it was to 999k). On the wealth scale of whether he would be an entree at the proverbial eat the rich cafe, he may have only been an appetizer, but when you also consider how he weilded power and influence he very quickly moves towards the main course.
To prove my point that you are already looking at these people on a spectrum and considering their whole of existence, let’s look at Valves Gabe Newell. He is a billionaire, owns private yachts, the works, on the wealth scale, for sure he qualifies but when you do other intersection analysis you find you kind of need a different category to put him in. It just doesn’t intuitively feel right to put him in the same basket as bezos and the rest.
To make my initial point fair, there are certainly some millionaires that deserve to be on the shit list, your example about Epstein if literally true is a good one, but the blanket, all millionaires is a non starter. There are entirely too many people that can make that kind of money without sacrificing any sense of their morals.
You think we should keep Epstein–a millionaire–out of it when talking about the Epstein class?
No, don’t be dense. Black and white thinking all around. Yet again needing to teach some of you about spectrums and some bonus content on intersection analysis.
Idk much about Epstein’s net worth, but let’s assume you are correct that he was just a millionaire (I don’t know any millionaires that cold afford private islands, jets, massive ranches, etc… So if he was a “millionaire” I assume that figure was closer to one billion than it was to 999k). On the wealth scale of whether he would be an entree at the proverbial eat the rich cafe, he may have only been an appetizer, but when you also consider how he weilded power and influence he very quickly moves towards the main course.
To prove my point that you are already looking at these people on a spectrum and considering their whole of existence, let’s look at Valves Gabe Newell. He is a billionaire, owns private yachts, the works, on the wealth scale, for sure he qualifies but when you do other intersection analysis you find you kind of need a different category to put him in. It just doesn’t intuitively feel right to put him in the same basket as bezos and the rest.
To make my initial point fair, there are certainly some millionaires that deserve to be on the shit list, your example about Epstein if literally true is a good one, but the blanket, all millionaires is a non starter. There are entirely too many people that can make that kind of money without sacrificing any sense of their morals.