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Winners Take All

the Elite Charade of Changing the World
Apr 06, 2019frealasruadh rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is an incredibly important book to have been written by someone who comes from within MarketWorld and the other pervasive entrepreneur "change agent" environments. Only by having first been an engaged participant coming slowly to realize that he was only contributing to the existing problem and not changing it (despite doing well for a selected part of society) could Giridharadas have written this as he did. His exposure of showing how the business world 'thought leaders' of the U.S. especially are willfully ignoring our existing institutions in an updated form of the benevolent slaveholder is eye opening. Even more than his words, those of the Italian political philosopher, Chiara Cordelli, whom he quotes extensively at the end of the book, ring powerfully with what must be done to restore our commonwealth. Common wealth versus what we have now, which is insane wealth inequality to the degree which in the historic past often met with beheadings and blood running in the streets. If I were in charge, this would be a must read for all students going into business in order to truly use business to assist our existing civic institutions, not *through* business. "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House" wrote Audre Lorde, which is the underlying message through this book. Read, digest, and spread the word!!!