Given how easily manipulated people are, and us being people, you may be a little over optimistic in your evaluation of reality.
Adding another level of indirection nobody cares whats accomplished, just whats signaled.
So you're cool because he's got good PR that signals well, but assuming the world will be OK because he actually is doing stuff. That might not turn out so well.
Note I'm not interesting in arguing about Bill in particular, but as a general problem across the entire culture, because, after all, thats how inequality is measured.
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"because he's empathetic to people"
Given how easily manipulated people are, and us being people, you may be a little over optimistic in your evaluation of reality.
Adding another level of indirection nobody cares whats accomplished, just whats signaled.
So you're cool because he's got good PR that signals well, but assuming the world will be OK because he actually is doing stuff. That might not turn out so well.
Note I'm not interesting in arguing about Bill in particular, but as a general problem across the entire culture, because, after all, thats how inequality is measured.