Is the Rift Between the Public and the C-Suites Permanent?

 

Yes. 

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When I was a boy growing up on the shores of Lake Michigan, the "wealthy" people in our town were close to the people who worked for them and the people who bought their products.  They drove Pontiacs and Buicks, not Cadillacs or Rolls Royces.  They contributed to local charities and mentored young people from their communities.  

That was in a universe far, far away, and long, long ago.