NYT front page. Sometimes the juxtaposition of stories tells it all.
Link to the important story.
As the dismissal of the Davos denizens shows, there’s a myopia among the super privileged that the structural reasons for their immense wealth can’t possibly be part of the problem. Surely, they think, I’m not greedy, look at how much I give voluntarily – how dare you make me do it involuntarily! Likewise, with the Blairs and Bushes of the world, the long lasting profound consequences of their world changing actions are never to be acknowledged – that I kind of understand, like a form of psychological denial they have to suppress the reality of their actions or the horror would be too much.