[FRIAM] Talent and Moral Luck - Steelman attempt

[Barry MacKichan]

I think you would have trouble (eventually, perhaps, or immediately) if 
you tried to transfer money to ISIS.
—Barry

On 13 Jan 2021, at 12:26, jon zingale wrote:

> Very well summarized. I am hearing that Nick's question is one of 
> cultural
> cultivation. Finding and maintaining a sweet spot seems crucial. Is it 
> the
> responsibility and obligation of those with power to sit at the head 
> of the
> household, to play the role of daddy to all free persons? I watched a 
> DW
> broadcast where it was reported that financial services like Stripe no
> longer allow users to donate money to Donald Trump, and Deutsche Bank 
> has
> cut business ties with him. The report closed with a broadcaster 
> saying,
> "Well, it looks like money talks". I couldn't help but think that it 
> was
> exactly the opposite, a place where money will not. I was left 
> thinking that
> I could donate money to a felon sitting in prison, but not the exiting
> president of the United States (not that I have such an ambition). 
> Here
> pressures on Trump's context are being reformed to reflect a new 
> status for
> the man. Is this an example of a change in *our attitudes*?
>
>
>
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