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 threadFinchHaven sfbaJan 22, 2024

@stjepanlukac

Every billionaire represents a global policy failure

Period

Full stop

Show threadWade Roberts

@FinchHaven @stjepanlukac billionaire individuals and charitable organisations are the polar extremes of the same systemic policy failure. Neither should exist, and when they do, they should be extinguished at a rate proportional to their size.

Charities serve as a morality sink for billionaires, governments, and corporations to abdicate their social responsibilities into.

Jan 22, 2024 at 11:27pmWeb