“I am great at making money and I can build things, therefore I am also the arbiter of right and wrong and can make decisions on behalf of the rest of humanity”
When you’re rich you’re surrounded by people who praise you. Propaganda works the same way- you just repeat something continuously and over time whoever hears it will eventually start believing that it is true.
Plus you don’t have to be worried about consequences, that’s a big part of it.
“I am great at making money and I can build things, therefore I am also the arbiter of right and wrong and can make decisions on behalf of the rest of humanity”
Every single person with too much money thinks that way. It’s just weird.
When you’re rich you’re surrounded by people who praise you. Propaganda works the same way- you just repeat something continuously and over time whoever hears it will eventually start believing that it is true.
Plus you don’t have to be worried about consequences, that’s a big part of it.