Three students from Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon's alma mater, Hamilton College, accused the executive of referring to the fossil fuel divestment movement as 'stupid.'
Center for Industrial Progress' Alex Epstein reacts to the media blaming the Maui wildfires on climate change on 'The Bottom Line.'CEO after he allegedly referred to the movement to divest in fossil fuel as "stupid."at the school, Solomon – a 1984 graduate from the private liberal arts college – was accused of "belittling" the students while speaking to them about the school's climate change efforts.
David Solomon's comments, according to the students, were"patronizing and disrespectful manner" and came from a"position of power." "Despite knowing nothing about us and our roles in our communities and history of activist work, Solomon claimed he does more in a week to helpthan we will ever do in our entire lives. When we asked him to elaborate, he attributed his ‘capital accumulation’ and position of power," the students wrote.
"He also claimed he did not know what we were talking about in reference to ‘legacy private investments.’ Solomon then indicated that he thought [fossil] fuel divestment was a stupid movement. He called us hypocritical for advocating for divestment when we still use electricity and drive cars — and said that if we traveled to countries like China, India, and Cambodia we would see how the world 'really works,' and then see if we want to live like that," the students claimed.
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