&gt; There&#x27;s this assumed idea that we live in a post-ideological era and that all decisions are pragmatic or at worst, motivated by profit seeking.<p>I think at <i>worst</i> they are motivated by narcissistic personality disorder and other defects. People who have more money than they could ever use and still seek more don&#x27;t always do that because they have a rational goal in mind, or filling a real need (other than feeding the monkeys on the back which are these disorders). Sometimes they&#x27;re simply FUBAR and lack boundaries which can at this point only be enforced from outside of them.