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[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Imagine life was a game. You lived for 2025 years. You worked 260 days / year. You made the median US salary.

You would need to relive that process 3,145 times to match an Oligarch.

That amount of wealth is unethical while humanity suffers. No one can really fathom “1b dollars.”

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

Without spending

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I found people are receptive to the idea that $1 billion is 10,000 $100,000s.