Why, then, do these companies earn a pass from hypercritical progressives?
Answer: Their executives have taken out postmodern insurance policies.
Our new J. P. Morgans dress in jeans and T-shirts — like the late Steve Jobs of Apple or Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook — appearing hip and cool.
Executives in flip-flops and tie-dyes can get away with building walls around their multiple mansions in a way that a steel executive in a suit and tie might not.
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