High-authoritarian elites gorged on personal wealth while their people starved

Evidence

The High Elites also devoted over twice as much (22 world bucks) to their personal fortunes as the Low Elites did. Had they been less greedy, they could have saved hundreds of millions of their own people. Want to guess who ended up the richest person on the planet? You’re right. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1754 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Elites moralize contentment to those they exploit.; The global elite dodged identification with the hoarding Father figure — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No…, 33; Robber barons fused corrupt legislative power with personal wealth to control resources. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 650 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Authoritarian elites enrich themselves at the cost of millions of their own citizens’ lives. #expands (0.97) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1754