• @Lauchs
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    -33 days ago

    Except there are many more non billionaires than billionaires. There are some 750ish billionaires in the US.

    Median American has a net worth of about 200k. So, 5,000 median Americans gets you about a billion.

    Divide the American population (~333 million) and lo and behold, worth about 66,666 billionaires.

    So, in other words, blaming billionaires is easy but really…

    • @[email protected]
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      43 days ago

      Yes, which is why step taxation was implemented… the richer you are the more you’re expected to return back to society.

      • @Lauchs
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        -43 days ago

        Yes and the billionaires, while still having loopholes, still give back way more to society than we do.

        Unsure what point you’re trying to make.

        • @[email protected]
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          33 days ago

          What they give back is miniscule in what they take.

          What is the point you’re trying to make?

          • @Lauchs
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            03 days ago

            There are many more non billionaires than billionaires. There are some 750ish billionaires in the US.

            Median American has a net worth of about 200k. So, 5,000 median Americans gets you about a billion.

            Divide the American population (~333 million) and lo and behold, worth about 66,666 billionaires.

            So, in other words, blaming billionaires is easy but really…

            • @[email protected]
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              13 days ago

              Did you just repeat your comment? Maybe you should get your handler to spend more money on your LLM model.

              • @Lauchs
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                13 days ago

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