What a tripe! There are a lot of cultures where scapegoats were never present (India and China come to my mind). Polarizing figures with leadership qualities polarize the people around them. That doesn't make them founders! They are two different sets which intersect sometimes.
And Bill Gates is NOT being forced to do charity, especially not by those who criticized him before. Most people in third world countries idolized him when geeks hated his guts.
Theil shows that he is an ahole and too much wealth has just reinforced his petty view of the people around him.
How about Buddha? At no point was he an outcast or object of hatred for normal people. He was at every point supported in his quest.
More I think about it, more I realize that it is western culture of 'our way or the highway' that Theil is talking about. Point to note that the killer(s) of Gandhi were a fan of Nazis.
You can scapegoat groups or individuals, the word itself applies in both contexts. If you want to find examples of scapegoating of individuals in India, then that isn't particularly hard either. Not that India is special in this regard.
And Bill Gates is NOT being forced to do charity, especially not by those who criticized him before. Most people in third world countries idolized him when geeks hated his guts.
Theil shows that he is an ahole and too much wealth has just reinforced his petty view of the people around him.