• Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    72
    ·
    11 months ago

    … median lifetime earnings for the typical U.S. worker stand at $1.7 million…

    And Musk makes over 3.5x that amount in a single day.

    Three and a half lifetimes of work per day, and nobody wants to do anything about the billionaire problem?

    • blady_blah@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      11 months ago

      But you don’t understand. Billionaires earn their money. They’re superior to us. They make that much because they’re just much better people than the rest of us. If you stood next to Musk you would notice the heat radiating from his head as his massive Iron-Man like intellect dwarfs your puny brain. You should be in awe of his superiority and beg to have his children (even if you’re a guy). Clearly they should be rewarded for all their helping society and their taxes should be LOWERED, not increased.

      The REAL billionaire problem is that we don’t have enough of them!

      • FaeDrifter@midwest.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        32
        ·
        11 months ago

        If money is imaginary then why can’t we guarantee food, shelter, clothing, and education for every single human on this planet.

      • JoBo@feddit.uk
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        24
        ·
        11 months ago

        You’re half right (there is no finite pool of money) but your conclusion is bonkers. Rich people are not spending their money, they’re using it to outbid each other for control of existing assets. So that they can overcharge ordinary people to access the things that they need.

        The boots are not that tasty. Stop fucking yourself over for a chance to lick them.

          • Wogi@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            11 months ago

            You are not a temporarily embarrassed millionaire. You’re one of the people the wealthy gladly step on. We’re all in the same boat, sharing the same crumbs, rowing our hearts out.

            We’re tugging a yacht behind us, full of billionaires having a banquet on the backs of our labor.