Reply To: What are we asking when we ask whether things have gone too far?

Yichusdick, that is a terrific point and is fertile ground for discussion. Another point I would raise in connection with it is that eventually you realize that people don’t necessarily want qualified leadership but they want the pretense of qualified leadership.

For example, maybe the reason CEOs are paid millions of dollars is not because they are the most qualified, they are worth it and nobody else is. Rather, it is important for the success of the company that people believe the CEOs are worth millions of dollars, and are the most and only qualified people. One way to inculcate that belief is to pay the CEO millions of dollars. V’dai lachaki b’remi.