Their central pursuit of capital is just the pursuit of power to wield over others.
At scale, beyond meeting personal material needs/wants, that’s what capital becomes, power over others.
You can fuck off and indulge all your hobbies in a mansion on the beach for the rest of your life long before you hit a billion dollars, but at those levels you want to influence elections/culture and control ever more people and resources. I consider it mental illness, I wish the rest of our society did as well.
It’s flexing power.
Their central pursuit of capital is just the pursuit of power to wield over others.
At scale, beyond meeting personal material needs/wants, that’s what capital becomes, power over others.
You can fuck off and indulge all your hobbies in a mansion on the beach for the rest of your life long before you hit a billion dollars, but at those levels you want to influence elections/culture and control ever more people and resources. I consider it mental illness, I wish the rest of our society did as well.