Scott Galloway: "The wealthiest 1% are protected by the law but not bound by it, the bottom 99% are bound by the law but

[applegrove]

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Yep. Sounds about right.

“The wealthiest 1% are protected by the law but not bound by it, the bottom 99% are bound by the law but not protected by it.” ~ Scott Galloway, clinical professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business.

— Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@maxbrockbank.com) 2025-05-12T13:09:58.483Z

“The wealthiest 1% are protected by the law but not bound by it, the bottom 99% are bound by the law but not protected by it.” ~ Scott Galloway, clinical professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business.

From: Wilhoit's Law of Conservatism

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

[2naSalit]

1. So...

He's just noticing?

[applegrove]

2. Powerful meme. Powerful way of saying it. No?

[2naSalit]

4. Sure...

The messenger is the problem. He's lost all cred with me so... so he has a good meme on a platform and a broken clock is right twice a day.

Nice meme, kinda late in the day for that one.

[hlthe2b]

6. Yes. He's a walking, talking Ted Talk--and the poster boy pundit of the week...

Sorry, applegrove, I don't mean to be too negative. That said, while I agree with much he says (and the poetic way in which he says it), it is the 10-15% buried in his books or from interviews so arcane that they get no media attention, that leave me reluctant to get on the bandwagon.

[Cheezoholic]

11. Agreed. There is much to be suspicious with him. While he does speak and write with some elegance and force of thought

there's deep libertarian roots buried beneath his feet. These types of Libertarian style figures (like Ayn Rand) can be very influential on young people as their views are keenly disguised as noble cause. Just my opinion

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Wilhoit's Law of Conservatism:

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
...
That would make a whole lot of sense. But in fact it’s the work of another Frank Wilhoit, this one not a professional scholar of American politics but a 63-year-old classical music composer in Ohio, who wrote the adage as part of a longer point in the comments section of the political science blog Crooked Timber. Since then, it has taken on a life of its own, recirculating on Twitter or Reddit every few months, most recently in reference to certain Free Speech Defenders’ aggressive posture on libel and defamation laws. A handful of sleuths have cracked the case before—Francis Wilhoit died in 2010; Frank Wilhoit posted his remark in 2018—but the confusion lingers, for obvious reasons.

https://slate.com/business/2022/06/wilhoits-law-conservatives-frank-wilhoit.html

Galloway, as far as I can tell, adapted it for the 1%/99% earlier this year, and said it on CNN: https://www.instagram.com/profgalloway/reel/DHKj4amAKjm/

[applegrove]

7. Good catch. I'll leave it up.

[malaise]

5. He is correct

Rec

[Norrrm]

8. The law is about what is legal, not what is just or fair.

The goal can be fair/just but it's not mandatory.

[markodochartaigh]

9. If a society doesn't strive

for laws which are just, or fair, the society will not be just or fair. And sooner or later the people who have been wronged and received no justice will hold the law in contempt. And those who have wronged others and not been held accountable will also hold the law in contempt.
And I'm pretty sure that we can all see what happens then.

[Norrrm]

10. BINGO! There's that goal.