Cue the world's smallest violin, etc. Since I do not live in a cave, I have some idea of where power and influence reside in our society. So I understand why articles like this appear above the fold on the front page of our Paper of Record. The editorial staff recognizes the need to pander to the same cohort that reads the Escapes section each Friday and salivates over purple prose describing hot-stone massages at exclusive resorts in Scottsdale and private dirigible rides over Richard Branson's private Carribean island. But I doubt any actual human being has much sympathy.
Really, it would be too cruel to increase marginal tax rates now, when John McAfee is down to his last $4 million.
Or perhaps the NYT editors are pandering to their readers' acute sense of schadenfreude.
Posted by: T Snow | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 05:48 AM
Yeah, fair enough. For the record, I wasn't writing to express schadenfreude. The fact that John McAfee has lost most of his money doesn't make me happy. It's just that, for all his misfortune, he's not living in his car or anything, whereas a lot of people are.
Posted by: S.M. | Monday, August 31, 2009 at 05:08 PM