"What's up with Silicon Valley's childish sneaker-and-T-shirt look? They're (mostly) grown men with infinite resources. Can't they dress accordingly?"
"Until they come up with a fresh, stereotypical billionaire style, I'll just stick with the 'top hat, pin-striped pants, and spats-on-shoes' outfit in my drawings."
Christoph Niemann created a cover visualizing how the preposterously rich pay a disproportionately small share of taxes. The visual centers on stark inequality in tax burdens and the contrast between wealth and fiscal contribution. Niemann criticized Silicon Valley's persistent casual dress—sneakers and T-shirts—despite immense resources. The image raises the question of an appropriate billionaire sartorial stereotype and favors an exaggerated, classic-financier look. Until a new billionaire style emerges, billionaires are depicted in top hat, pin-striped pants, and spats-on-shoes, using visual irony to underscore fiscal disparity.
Read at The New Yorker
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