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But when you think about the levels of wealth that are now concentrated in the hands of a Jeff Bezos or an Elon Musk, I think they truly believe that they’re gods. The point of their wealth is to be able to exercise a kind of absolute power. And so this moment of counterrevolution that we’re in is strange because there never was a revolution, right? They’re upset about pronouns. They’re upset that their workers wanted to have some workplace democracy. And it seems so minor, right? They’re upset about DEI. These are not revolutionary gains that have been made by social movements. What we need to understand is that they really do believe that their power should be absolute.