Student: “So Elon Musk is a trillionaire?”
Me: “Yup.”
Student: “How did he get that much money?”
Me: “Well, he doesn’t really have a trillion dollars cash. He just owns a lot of stock in companies that are valued at a trillion dollars.”
Student: “So those companies make huge profits?”
Me: “Oh gosh no. They all lose billions of dollars a year. All of them. Huge losses.”

The Economist headline: “Gen Z Mysteriously Hates Capitalism and No One Can Figure Out Why.”

@nswigger *does* gen z hate capitalism? they're big stock buyers.
@lritter @nswigger You can hate something and still make the best out of it. If you can't stop it, why not at least profit from it while it lasts?
@pixelschubsi @nswigger careful. you might see the good in it after all.
@lritter @nswigger Not as long as you retain your empathy.
@pixelschubsi @nswigger empathy is no warden against insight ;)