indeed. a "mere" single billion is still more than anyone could spend in many lifetimes, unless you "cheat" by buying a football team or something. even 10 million is an amount of wealth that is absolutely incomprehensible to most people. 1 million is a pipe dream for many, though now we're in a range that includes 20-25% of Americans.
The way wealth scales under capitalism is absolutely insane. well beyond our ability to really internalize/conceptualize.
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indeed. a "mere" single billion is still more than anyone could spend in many lifetimes, unless you "cheat" by buying a football team or something. even 10 million is an amount of wealth that is absolutely incomprehensible to most people. 1 million is a pipe dream for many, though now we're in a range that includes 20-25% of Americans.
The way wealth scales under capitalism is absolutely insane. well beyond our ability to really internalize/conceptualize.
10 million is also "Retiring with some comfort at 65" for maybe 10 Americans, but probably fewer given current rising prices on everything.