Feel The Love – Davos Style

You will have seen or heard by now that our rich and beautiful are ensconced in their annual self-congratulatory power meet-up in Davos. This is where they all make what they consider to be important statements about the state of the world, where they have lots of important conversations, and make, or reinforce, lots of important contacts.

None of which matters a damn, except to them.

We can usually count on at least one pompous lunatic to emerge as front runner as idiot of the week. This year Jeff Greene has stormed to an early lead.

Why?

Because of his absurd thoughts on the state of the US economy:

“America’s lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence …We need to reinvent our whole system of life.”

This in an interview in which he expressed concern that the US faces a jobs crisis sufficient to cause social unrest and political extremism.

So, naturally, he concludes that we ought to cut down on our expectations. We ought reduce our goals. We ought to slim down to fit into our more modest and impoverished fortunes. If the economy sucks, then all we can do is to live within those narrower boundaries and give up any silly notions of a brighter future. Grim is the new happy.

Don’t know who Jeff Greene is?

He’s a billionaire who made his money gambling in real estate and the money markets. He struck it lucky, although he would argue he was ultra smart. And because he’s ultra smart he can tell us what to do.

His lesson for us?

Live more modestly. Don’t get upset about the fading of the American Dream. Don’t break windows. And definitely don’t get into such a bad mood as to support populist pro-worker ‘radical’ politics. That would be uncivilized.

Oh. Jeff Greene flew his family and two nannies to Davos for the week on a private jet. So he knows all about how to fit within more modest means.

Plutocrats just don’t get it do they?

They are a problem we need to fix.