Ralph Nader Defends His Super-Rich Utopia

Pete Redington

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader speaks during a House committee hearing on Capitol Hill in May 2009.

BOSTON — After hearing Ralph Nader discuss his new book, Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us, at a public event here Friday night, a man expressed the concern many Nader supporters felt upon reading the book’s title. 

Only the rich? A book about billionaires giving their time and money to charity? From ​“America’s first citizen”? Has Ralph Nader lost his faith in grassroots organizing and activism?

Not at all, the perennial third-party presidential candidate replied. Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us is a utopian fantasy, not an ideological surrender. Its characters are real-life people (usually billionaires) powerful enough to enact large-scale social change. 

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Pete Redington lives in western Massachusetts, where he writes about sports, the outdoors and economic justice. Read more about him at afflu​en​tangst​.word​press​.com.
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