Silicon Valley2014

Gavin Belson:
[On a talk show] I counsel any young founder today to pursue your dream not for profit or valuation or material wealth, but for the good of humanity.

Kara:
Which is easy for you to say, being a billionaire.

Gavin Belson:
don't care for your tone, Kara. I'm getting a little tired of this bias against the leaders of our industry. I'm continually creating jobs and helping people, and I'm tired of getting slapped for it. I didn't steal the money I have, and I resent being treated like I did. You know, there is a climate in this country that is very dangerous.

Kara:
It's dangerous out there for billionaires?

Gavin Belson:
There's that attitude again, Kara. Billionaires are people, too. We are leaders in technology, in industry, in finance. Look at history. Do you know who else vilified a tiny minority of financiers and progressive thinkers called the Jews?

Kara:
Wait a minute. Did you just compare the treatment of billionaires in America today to the plight of the Jews in Nazi Germany?

Gavin Belson:
Absolutely. One could argue that billionaires are actually treated worse. And we didn't even do anything wrong. We're an even smaller minority. There's a lot more of them.