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return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 6 months ago

There’s No Such Thing as a Good Billionaire

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There’s No Such Thing as a Good Billionaire

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 6 months ago
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Democrats want us to believe that there is some cohort of “good billionaires” who can be relied upon to fight for political progress. But as the right-wing turn of tech billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk suggests, this is nonsense.
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    Well, inflation has made that more than 10 million, but yes I agree there is a number that says “I own a huge mansion, 10 cars, a yacht, and I eat caviar every meal.” That number is significantly less than a billion without having to work a day more.

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      You can’t own a yacht with 10 million

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        I’m gonna be that guy… but yes you can.

        What many perceive as Yachts, the big boats that the ultra wealth have, are not the sole size of yachts.

        This is a yacht for under 600k

        https://fgiyachtgroup.com/yachts-for-sale/opus-one-440996/

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          Seriously… how much do people think yachts are. Not everyone is buying bill gates’ $500m yacht.

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            They are very expensive to maintain

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        Oh, you ray of sunshine.

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