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Back Porch Files: The Billionaire Paradox

At what point does success stop being about security and start becoming about accumulation for its own sake? In this installment of Back Porch Files, we explore the law of diminishing returns, billionaire culture, wealth hoarding, and the strange way American society treats extreme wealth differently from every other form of excess. From Elon Musk and billionaire philanthropy to empathy, labor, and the myth of the “self-made” billionaire, this episode asks a deeper question beneath all the politics and economics: What is civilization actually for?

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