Jeff Atwood"We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Brandeis
Tristram Brelstaff@codinghorror The very wealthy are a danger to the operation of democracy in the same way that monopolies are a danger to the operation of markets. And they should be regulated and restricted in the same way.
Wouter@nukleos@codinghorror
How prescient: "Brandeis was a militant crusader for social justice whoever his opponent might be. He was dangerous not only because of his brilliance, his arithmetic, his courage. He was dangerous because he was incorruptible..."
How prescient: "Brandeis was a militant crusader for social justice whoever his opponent might be. He was dangerous not only because of his brilliance, his arithmetic, his courage. He was dangerous because he was incorruptible..."
@nukleos yes, more of this please