• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    I know plenty of millionaires … people who own property, vehicles and wealth that all amount to one or two million … and they are still just getting by. They aren’t that terribly wealthy - they don’t live with any more luxury than most people, they just have more things.

    Billionaires on the other hand are something else … it’s like comparing someone with a weight problem and calling millionaires slightly pudgy and billionaires are grossly overweight behemoths that can affect the structure of your house.

    Here’s a visual comparison using grains of rice of what a millionaire and billionaire and the wealth of someone like Jeff Bezos is

    Using Rice to Show How Rich Jeff Bezos Is | NowThis

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      1 month ago

      I understand the extreme difference between millions and billions. My point is neither a millionaire nor a billionaire needs it.

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          1 month ago

          Sure, but we don’t “need” anything above our basic survival cost, let’s go live on the Savannah and hunt our food again.

          Straw man detected.