Krugman: Warum Milliardäre eine inkompetente Regierung kauften

Billionaires are not that smart, they are opportunists and there’s nothing wrong with that. But to think they know better than anyone else is just dumb.

> He suggests two reasons:

>One is that no, competent allies weren’t available. Money buys a lot of influence, but to actually take over the U.S. government requires more than money — it requires politicians who are utterly corrupt . . . and corruption and incompetence go hand in hand.

> My second answer is that the vast wealth of tech billionaires has made many of them unconcerned with the little people’s lives — and deeply unpatriotic.

Because they are easy to manipulate!