Ogee Dome

Magazine page glued on to an index card. Dome created with a compass and a ruler. Gesso and acrylic paint.

The text is from a New Yorker article Oligarch-in Chief: The greed of the Trump administration has galvanized America’s ultra-rich — and their opponents by Evan Osnos. 2 June 2025. The line I underlined says:

When oligarchs start to see their winnings of evidence of all-encompassing brilliance — rather than a combination of specific acumen, timing, government contracts, and luck — they can get grandiose.

It then goes on to quote a Stanford historian named Richard White, a Stanford historian who specializes in the gilded age:

“They cannot manage things as complex as they try to manage. I think Elon Musk’s implosion is an example that things just slip out of their control very, very quickly.”