WHO THE POWERFUL ARE PHOTOGRAPHED WITH TELLS US NOTHING OTHER THAN THAT THEY HAV

WHO THE POWERFUL ARE PHOTOGRAPHED WITH TELLS US NOTHING OTHER THAN THAT THEY HAVE INFLUENCE
And they have that influence because they are acting on behalf of others – and often carrying the burden of distasteful contexts in order to do so.

(Areez: I enjoy your comments most of the time. But if you’ll forgive this teaching moment – you’re making a common mistake of false equality – and that mistake is emotional and beneath your potential.)

The more significant the consequences of outcomes, the less personal moral opinion has merit, and even more importantly, the irrelevance of symbolism produced by the preservation of manners with people whom you have disparate group interest, even if as politicans or generals or financieers, you have similar occupational interests in serving your constituencies.

Powerful people in the world must talk to powerful people whether friend, ally, distant, or enemy, because it is only other powerful people that powerful people can be influenced by – and moreover, as you just illustrated – understood.

For example, Kings, Generals, and Diplomats are often seen socializing with one another despite being enemies of one type or the next.

Yet, in order to resolve conflicts and prevent conflicts they must preserve the ability to talk to one another, so that if all else fails then may speak to one another and negotiate on behalf of all those people who give them the power and influence they possess.

I am just an entrepreneur, and a marginal public intellectual. But in both those roles, I can get access to people you can’t. And there are people I cannot get access to because I am marginal.

So climb the ladder of important people and you discover that (a) there are many venues where these people come together despite their differences.

Affections
CD

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