Anthony Scaramucci: America's billionaires and presidents have forgotten the lesson that destroyed Rome

Anthony Scaramucci: America's billionaires and presidents have forgotten the lesson that destroyed Rome

The Greeks had a word for what happens when power goes unchecked: hubris. The pattern in their tragedies is always the same — a leader, swollen with success, decides the rules no longer apply to him. These men were not intrinsically evil; their gifts fueled their overreach while the chorus watched the collapse. Looking at America’s billionaire class and its executive branch today, the warnings from antiquity have never felt more urgent. When Suc…