The Land of the Thin-Skinned
Scott Adams died yesterday.
If you're interested in his heel turn from relatively amiable cartoonist to a remarkably vile human being, I highly recommend listening to the two-part series from the Beyond the Bastards podcast, which goes into his life in quite some depth.
There are many things from the podcast that struck me, but what struck me most is how thin-skinned the ultra-wealthy have become in this country. Even with hundreds of millions of dollars in the bank (and literally living in a house shaped like Dilbert's head), Adams became incendiary over the slightest criticism. He even created sock puppet accounts on platforms like Reddit to argue on his behalf.
It does seem that it's the ultra-wealthy right wingers who have developed in this manner (Musk and Trump come to mind immediately) although I'm sure there are liberal examples if I looked long enough.
My question, though, is this uniquely American? Have we somehow become a nation of the most thin-skinned people on Earth? What happened to us?
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