Graydon on Nostr: npub1lzz05…djhl3 The entire point of being an elite is to not have to accept ...
npub1lzz05275zkk6zwuzel45jusr74ftyyuah8zll8vl09k98w8smy7qedjhl3 (npub1lzz…jhl3) The entire point of being an elite is to not have to accept feedback.
(That is, no one can tell you you're wrong. All the consequences, all the responsibility, lands on someone else. You might have to spend money on lawyers but you're, de facto and nigh-always, never at fault.)
Elites exist to be free from responsibility and consequence. The rest of us need to remember that, recognize that it expands the harm elites do, and to do the work to have a society without elites.
(That is, no one can tell you you're wrong. All the consequences, all the responsibility, lands on someone else. You might have to spend money on lawyers but you're, de facto and nigh-always, never at fault.)
Elites exist to be free from responsibility and consequence. The rest of us need to remember that, recognize that it expands the harm elites do, and to do the work to have a society without elites.