The fact that people perceive the billionaires to be the problem — and not the society, and in particular the government which allowed that to happen in the first place — is, in my view, not a good starting point to effect change.
The state is of, for, and by the bourgeoisie. The fact that a bourgeois state continued to allow the gross swelling of the bourgeoisie does not itself make the state the source of the problem. The state is a symptom of the disease.
The state isn’t simply an instrument of evil by evil people. It’s a tool. Since people act in their own interests, those who can abuse the system to gain outsized influence over it control the tools, and wield them in their own favor.
The fact that people perceive the billionaires to be the problem — and not the society, and in particular the government which allowed that to happen in the first place — is, in my view, not a good starting point to effect change.
The state is of, for, and by the bourgeoisie. The fact that a bourgeois state continued to allow the gross swelling of the bourgeoisie does not itself make the state the source of the problem. The state is a symptom of the disease.
The state isn’t simply an instrument of evil by evil people. It’s a tool. Since people act in their own interests, those who can abuse the system to gain outsized influence over it control the tools, and wield them in their own favor.