> True, America’s billionaires aren’t in a global race with the United States for world dominance. But they’re in a race with the rest of America to dominate the United States — a race which should be of no less concern. The lure of unfathomed wealth can be as corrosive to the common good as a competing nation’s determination to beat us.
The ability to restrain speech and peddle ideas is more problematic, particularly when China is trying to overcome the militaries of the world.