The graphic is quite outdated (2019 for top 3) and the situation got much worse. The latest datapoint on the website I could find was from 2021, indicating a wealth of 683 billions of the top 5 US citizens.
This is also wealth that is kind of known about.
For instance the way ol musky had Tesla engineers do work for Twitter is a wealth I don’t think you can quantify.
And, of course, their taxes are “too high” and need to be reduced.
Don’t worry, they’ll trickle down out of the goodness of their heart and not hoard it all for themselves. Trust me, bro.
Aaany minute now…
Wait! I think I hear it! Like you said!.. oops. nope. sorry, my bad. Turns out that was another forest fire.
Around the same time, crypto will make traditional money worthless. The only wealthy ones will be those who invested early. Trust me.
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However, for those under certain illusions, exposing that the illusions fail on their merits helps some advance beyond them.
Yeah, money makes money. Its a feedback loop thats been running rampant for centuries.
Create a delivery cooperative and let Jeff’s fortune crumble.
Make Linux gaming a thing and see Bill’s fortune decline.
Create competition for the top consumer brands and Warren’s money is gone.
These men are rich because the free time fought for with strikes and such is spent watching TV.
We don’t need guillotines. Just account numbers and PINs.
Beheadings are permanent.
Well I’m sure if they can make themselves billionaires once they can do it again, so clearly the real answer is to just let them grow infinitely and prune their profits every few years.
May i have 50 dollars more this year?
No there is no budget.
Oh OK.
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