“A poverty of moral imagination”

From a review of the new book Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America by Kim Phillips-Fein:

“Country of Lords” shows how even some of the most galaxy-brained technokings — who would rather find ways to colonize outer space than pay more taxes — are nevertheless poor laggards when it comes to one thing. Despite all their riches and technological know-how, they are still afflicted by a condition that is very banal and very old: a poverty of moral imagination.

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