StjepJan 22, 2024

Friendly reminder that if I paid you $1'000 *every day*, it would take you 2.74 years to become a millionaire. It would take you 2739 *years* to become a billionaire.

Meaning, if someone had started to give you $1000 in 715 BC (680 years before the Roman Empire even started), you would *now* have 1 billion dollars.

For comparison, Elon Musk's net worth is 251.3 billion dollars. Bezos' net worth is 168.4 billion dollars.

There are no good billionaires. They're all criminals and oppressors.

Show threadKedem
@stjepanlukac I mean, do you understand exactly how compound interest works?
Being rich is a birthright. Especially in countries like the United States. The right to pursue a dream. You look at his finances more than he does. You think the whole point is that he's a billionaire, but money is just a tool to make ideas happen.
However, it should be noted that both you and I are entitled to personal opinions. And also, I am quite skeptical particularly to the figure of Elon Musk.
Jan 22, 2024 at 10:37pmMastodon for Android
Show threadFinchHaven sfbaJan 22, 2024

@kedem

No billionaire "works" for any of that wealth

It's all created by office buildings full of Quants and Financial Managers and other parasites who know how to do nothing but use wealth to fabricate more wealth

Those parasites don't "work" either

Not at anything that you'd recognize as real work

cc @stjepanlukac