• aeternum@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      If measuring as coming from a middle-class background with no inheritance of the wealth.

      that’s still doing better than a lot of people tbh.

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        1 year ago

        It’s still a long way off being a millionaire or billionaire.

        It’s pretty impressive someone can make that much money in a lifetime.

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          millionaire or billionaire

          You know what the difference is between a million and a billion? Roughly a billion.

          By which I mean that grouping millionaires and billionaires together is downright detrimental to understanding wealth inequality and supports the kind of right wing narratives that keep the ultra-rich from being taxed fairly.

          It’s pretty impressive someone can make that much money in a lifetime.

          It’s really not, mainly for two reasons

          1: beyond a certain point (which is LONG before a $1b, probably before $100m), you have more than you could possibly spend even when living lavishly and are just hoarding money that could have a life-changing or even life-SAVING impact on less fortunate people.

          2: it’s impossible to get anywhere near that point without a SHITLOAD of luck, exploitation of others or both. Usually both.