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Mar 29 2022 09:30pm
Quote (JessiWan @ Mar 29 2022 10:26pm)
I won't argue the number with you, however, I just want to point out that they have had many decades to accumulate their money. So yes, maybe the GDP of the entire nation is only such and such, however that's only for one year. And there have been many years that this family has been around siphoning wealth from the nation into their coffers.


I didn't quote you the GDP of the United States (that's 20 trillion). 500 trillion would be more than the entire wealth of the United States about 4 times over. As in, buying every asset in the country four times over.

So yeah, you won't argue the number with me, because the number you gave is so obviously incorrect by at least an order of magnitude if not two.
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Mar 29 2022 09:33pm
It's the Saudi Family or UAE family
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Mar 29 2022 10:11pm
The wealth of nations dwarfs individual fortunes. The amount the United States raises annually in tax revenue is astronomically greater than what any private party could hope to compare to. That makes states run as fiefdoms the wealthiest by default. But I'm not sure how you could put a number on it, because while the line between public and private treasuries might be blurred, there are still outlays that they're required to make in order to maintain the status quo. The Saudis need to keep the public happy, Kim Jong Un needs to pay for the security apparatuses that keep him alive.

Purim's net worth is probably a lot more tangible than Musk's, because the oligarchs who gift him a percentage of their income tend to own tangible things. Musk's net worth is stock that he can't realize at the current price, doesn't pay a dividend and which doesn't even make a significant amount of money.
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Quote (Mondain @ Mar 29 2022 08:19pm)
in 2021 the world's billionaires nearly doubled their net worth.

You know, during the "covid pandemic" these guys found a way to become twice as rich. :o


a lot of the stimulus checks went into stocks
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Mar 29 2022 10:55pm
Rothschild's if we count the "hidden wealth" they literally print money so..
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Mar 29 2022 11:22pm
Quote (Plaguefear @ Mar 30 2022 03:22pm)
Every billionaire is a failure of society, I support none of them.


Yea nice one you go girl. While continue buying and using products and systems developed by billionaires every single day.
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Mar 29 2022 11:36pm
Quote (addone @ Mar 30 2022 04:22pm)
Yea nice one you go girl. While continue buying and using products and systems developed by billionaires every single day.


Billionaires don't develop anything, they exploit the people who do.
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Mar 30 2022 12:10am
Quote (Plaguefear @ Mar 30 2022 06:36pm)
Billionaires don't develop anything, they exploit the people who do.


Define exploit because as far as I can tell I haven't met a single human being who hasn't exploited someone else or the natural world to better their position in life? You drive a car or use public transport? Guess what you just exploited the oil industry and added pollution to the planet.

Whether it's some idea or product. I straight up copied ideas from the internet on several designs for work. Am I exploiting too? How about when people fudge their cv or spend 30mins a day on non work related activities while on the clock? Are they exploiting the billionaires who hire them? What about the idiots who tag the streets and the scum who burn an loot billionaires stores with little to no punishment? Are they not exploiting their fellow men?

Let's face it exploitation of human psychology, physical labour, and ideas isn't exclusive to billionaires its within us all.

There are plenty of people who sold their ideas to billionaires and made whole. Billionaires are enablers of the products and ideas. They are able to finance and sell the dreams. The richest place is the graveyard only few are able to make things work the rest of the bums just talk.

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Define exploit because as far as I can tell I haven't met a single human being who hasn't exploited someone else or the natural world to better their position in life? You drive a car or use public transport? Guess what you just exploited the oil industry and added pollution to the planet.

Whether it's some idea or product. I straight up copied ideas from the internet on several designs for work. Am I exploiting too? How about when people fudge their cv or spend 30mins a day on non work related activities while on the clock? Are they exploiting the billionaires who hire them? What about the idiots who tag the streets and the scum who burn an loot billionaires stores with little to no punishment? Are they not exploiting their fellow men?

Let's face it exploitation of human psychology, physical labour, and ideas isn't exclusive to billionaires its within us all.

There are plenty of people who sold their ideas to billionaires and made whole. Billionaires are enablers of the products and ideas. They are able to finance and sell the dreams. The richest place is the graveyard only few are able to make things work the rest of the bums just talk.


You do not know what the word exploit means in the context i gave it in?

This post was edited by Plaguefear on Mar 30 2022 02:25am
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Quote (Plaguefear @ Mar 30 2022 09:24pm)
You do not know what the word exploit means in the context i gave it in?


No you are very vague that's why I asked for you to extrapolate. Words like exploitation carry many degrees of prejudice and is subject to one's moral compass.
One has to ask for clarification because as it turns out your kind has a hard time defining what a woman is.
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