Stealing as much as you can and passing a portion of the loot down to the poor in order to maintain tribal peace has been a tried-and-true management technique since time immemorial. There is nothing new here.
Just because he buys off the local poor does not make him noble.
“Stealing as much as you can and passing a portion of the loot down to the poor in order to maintain tribal peace has been a tried-and-true management technique since time immemorial. There is nothing new here.”
Hey, it works for the libs in this country.