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I think this stems from a misunderstanding of how much money a billion dollars is
As the current popular phrase goes, the difference between a million and a billion is about a billion.
https://eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
This can be helpful if you're dealing with ignorance rather than malice
That site is such an eye opener. I still haven't managed to get to the end every time I visit the site
Such incomprehensible wealth
And for what? To fuck everyone
Yeah "rich" starts at way less than a billion dollars. Someone with a paltry 10 million in the bank is already absolutely loaded, and has won the game.
Most of us would be more than happy with 100k in the bank, honestly, as long as our society is stable and structured to care for “nonproductives”. Nobody really needs a lot, we just need long-term stability.
really you don't need money at all, what you need is a society around you that produces things and gives you company.
100k isn't going to help me much if a blight wipes out all the tomatoes in europe, unless i want to fly to another continent just to eat some tomatoes for a while
When we say “the billionaires,” Americans think that means anyone who’s ever been on a TV show or maybe Steve from church who has a boat and a vacation home.