When we talk about how billionaires shouldn’t exist I don’t think people really understand the massive difference in scale between a million and a billion. One million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. It’s an unfathomable amount of money that no one should have. Even uber-rich mega millionaires - hundreds of millions - really shouldn’t exist. We need to tax the rich; they’re the real free loaders. They’re the drains on the economy. They’re the ones dragging society down.

@drhistorybrad

This is where the money went, the reason why the rest of us are so skint:

In 2024, "UK billionaires’ wealth increased by £35m ($44m) a day to £182bn ($231bn) – enough to cover city of Manchester in £10 notes almost 1.5 times over"

https://www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-releases/billionaire-wealth-surges-three-times-faster-in-2024-world-now-on-track-for-at-least-five-trillionaires-within-a-decade/

Oxfam GB | Billionaire wealth surges three times faster in 2024 - world now on track for at least five trillionaires within a decade

Oxfam GB