Making money, and success in business in general, is a skill ... just like solving a Rubik's Cube. We don't hang on every word spoken by a person simply because he can solve a Rubik's Cube. America's real problem is it is a Wealth Cult. In America many come to believe that the successful are anointed from on high with their position. In America attainment of wealth, by a businessman, artist, athlete, or even through inheritance imbues an individual with qualities of holistic excellence that aren't deserved.
Mackey is successful and obviously knowledgeable about his business (except, perhaps, in the area of PR), but that doesn't mean he has anything but causal understanding about topics beyond his business ... including Climate Change.
In America, we happily put the microphone before those deemed "achievers", that doesn't mean anything they have to say has value.
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