m13@lemmy.world to Enough Musk Spam@lemmy.world · 4 months agoMitch McConnell’s billionaire sister-in-law Angela Chao made panicked last call before dying in ‘completely submerged’ Tesla on Texas ranch: reportnypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down17
arrow-up1187arrow-down1external-linkMitch McConnell’s billionaire sister-in-law Angela Chao made panicked last call before dying in ‘completely submerged’ Tesla on Texas ranch: reportnypost.comm13@lemmy.world to Enough Musk Spam@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up75arrow-down5·4 months agoI am categorically unmoved by the deaths of billionaires. They could all go, and the world would be a meaningfully better place for everyone left.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up49·4 months agoIf one “earns” $1m per year, it would take 1000 years to earn $1b. If one earns $1m per month it’d take about 80 years. If one earned $1b per year then it’d still take 114 years to reach the top ten billionaires list. That amount of wealth is incomprehensible.
I am categorically unmoved by the deaths of billionaires. They could all go, and the world would be a meaningfully better place for everyone left.
If one “earns” $1m per year, it would take 1000 years to earn $1b.
If one earns $1m per month it’d take about 80 years.
If one earned $1b per year then it’d still take 114 years to reach the top ten billionaires list.
That amount of wealth is incomprehensible.