I wrote a post a few days ago about a certain person in Private Equity who truly believed that the highest order of human beings work in Private Equity.
If the measure of the highness of human beings is the degree to which they amass their wealth usurping the effort of others who do real work, then a number of politicians in India should be of a higher order than those who work in Private Equity.
Come to think of it, and this thought occurred to me as I wrote the word 'highness' in the previous paragraph, royalty and other people who are addressed as your highness, have generally amassed their wealth riding on the backs of others.
So perhaps this person is right. We might need to now question if 'highness' is an honorific accorded to the respected or the mark of exploiters.
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