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I see posters to the left, and I see posters to the right. Both points of view are equally hypocritical. Both trajectories result in the same outcome. Which is a total economic collapse of the global economy. It is inevitable regardless of the approach used to combat the problem. The system doesn't have problems. The system is the problem, because the system is based upon a faulty premise that is in the best interest of both camps. Namely the notion that the way a economy works is too grow forever.

Economies are at their most basic a reflection of the natural order, and you cannot arbitrarily bend that order to your will. No matter the cause. Be it personal achievement or the common good. The fundamental problem is that the world is generating ever increasing wealth by increasing the number of participants in the economy while leveraging it all against limited or depleted resources. The economy must return to a state of equilibrium.

What we have today is a apparatus that was thrown together, and has been patched on the run. The patching has gotten us further down the road, but it isn't a permanent solution. The reason this man can be so incredibly rich is a byproduct of the system being broken, and he didn't do it all on his lonesome. Well meaning people are part of the problem too. By wanting to make peoples wishes a reality even if they weren't realistic.

In the end it doesn't really matter where he runs off too. He is still going to be as broke as the rest of us when the tower comes falling down. He can horde all the cash he likes. Once that happens all he will have is a lot of toilet paper. The one thing I will say is that he is running to the wrong place. Politicians have a way of placing blame on anyone other then themselves. The closer you are the bigger a target you become.