Old men tend towards apocalyptic fatalism as their fire subsides into embers.
This is particularly true of once-powerful old men who have become used to wielding influence and commanding their captains of hundreds and captains of thousands. I have one particular example in mind: an ageing billionaire industrialist in his mid-eighties whose predictions o…
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