I have been very distant in following
the 'Billionaires compete with each other to go into space' story.
Such is the level of my everyday lack of wealth
that this billionaire's soap opera just did not engage with me.
But the following is why the competition exists;
It is well known that many billionaires believe
that they breathe different air than the people
who are poorer than them. Their inherited wealth,
which they have made multiply
makes billionaires different, as people.
That is why they form buddies with each other
and huddle together on their golf courses,
well apart from the people who serve them,
who have to sign non-disclosure acts
about what they see to bind them in service.
Just as rich people in the dim and distant past
used to 'take the waters' in spar resorts
that only they could afford, 'for their health',
so Branson and Jeff Bezos etc now use their money
to enjoy the vacuum of space, and to get a better measure
of the depth of their detachment from those around them.
