His annual salary as potus was 2/3 what he made for that one speech. I don't begrudge anyone who's savvy enough to bank that kind of cash for talking, but I'm old enough to remember when Mr. Demonize Wealth & Success infamously quipped, “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.”
I also remember back in 2018 when the Obamas inked a record-setting
And, what a coincidence, Susan Rice, Obama’s former national security adviser and ambassador to the United Nations, joined the Netflix board of directors.
I'm reminded of the words from Andrew Fletcher (1655 - 1716), a Scottish writer and politician, who wisely opined, "Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws."
In other words, politics is downstream from culture. Influence culture, and you can craft its politics.
I'm fairly confident that we'll never hear the Obamas declare, “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money from Big Media for the opportunity to manipulate the masses with your message."