While this is true for the differences between upper-middle-class and middle-class and poverty which is a lets say 5 or 10 times difference in income, it is not true for the ultra wealthy who are in a completely different league and earn 1000 or 1million times as much.
The reason the rich are rich is that they extract value from others’ work. Everything else is just a bonus.
While this is true for the differences between upper-middle-class and middle-class and poverty which is a lets say 5 or 10 times difference in income, it is not true for the ultra wealthy who are in a completely different league and earn 1000 or 1million times as much.
Discworld never got to the point of having billionaires.
“Some stay dry and others feel the pain” (Tay Zonday)
Came here to say exactly this!