Being Black and hearing republicans laughing it up at watermelon jokes at my expense

[haele]

78. That's because it never ended in the Country Clubs and Board Rooms.

The Nepo-babies were raised from the cradle to believe that it didn't matter to them. The children of the Big Houses were special, as were those others in "the network" - the ones who caught the eye of the Bosses and were introduced to yacht parties, country clubs and "Business Dinners".
From what I've been able to tell, it doesn't matter how talented someone is, because the Bosses tend to be more mediocre the further back the family money and network associations went, and talent can become threatening to a CEO or Investor type if you don't keep it away from the actual leadership in the companies.
As long as talent makes money, it can stay at the periphery of leadership. Or a government agency. But it's got to be kept away from the Ownership class if it's not from the right "genes".
And this is a phenomenon found in all races and cultures, not just Western. The Autocrats have been able to collect enough wealth and of an international network they can act as a group to just buy the world and do as they see fit, national boundaries, culture, environment be damned.

Haele