What’s next? Exempting themselves from taxes? Oh wait …
by digby
On last night’s show, Chris Hayes featured the most obnoxious case of NIMBYism I think I’ve ever heard of. Get this: Exxon’s CEO is suing to keep fracking out of his backyard:
It’s this sort of thing where you begin to see the process by which wealthy powerful people eventually declare themselves to be living Gods. I suspect the concept of shame and hypocrisy are the first to go as they exempt themselves from consequences they inflict on others: