jwcph, Excellent thread, keep it going @pvonhellermannn ...
You, dear reader, should peruse it, but even if you don't, understand this: When somebody's #wealth reaches a certain point it just keeps growing, on its own, like a giant, malignant tumor. The superrich have all their time free to further reshape society for their own benefit; they need do nothing for their mountainous quantities of passive riches - the most useless & harmful substance in the world - to multiply.