A really thoughtful article, analogy is spot on, Grandma, and the figures impressive.

Thanks too for the tag.

I can see how quickly one ups the ante in business, getting the first thrill, and the next, and quickly becoming myopic to the suffering of others That can go on for a very long time.

But history tells us that the poor reach a point where enough is enough, as you so rightly stated in the French revolution.

The story of Crassus below, is all about excessive greed that eventually brought him down. And even if the tale of people pouring molten gold down his throat, post death, (what a waste!), it still serves as a warning to conglomerates that when the people speak, they do so loudly.

https://www.historyhit.com/marcus-crassus