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minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·3 days agoAnd all to have a few thousand extra billionaires.
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoYeah, but maybe someday I’ll be one of those billionaires!
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoThen that’ll show someone like me!
minus-squareKornblumenratte@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 days agoYou vastly overestimate the billionaire cast. As of April 2025, there seem to be 902 billionaires in the US. (I can’t access the original Forbes article, sorry).
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoAlways love a good pedant. But the exact number really doesn’t matter and isn’t the point.
minus-squareloonsun@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoWell it kind of does. Less than 1k people is a lot easier to grasp than thousands for people.
minus-squareKornblumenratte@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoThank you. I think the exact magnitude of the billionaire caste illustrates the magnitude of the point.
And all to have a few thousand extra billionaires.
Yeah, but maybe someday I’ll be one of those billionaires!
Then that’ll show someone like me!
You vastly overestimate the billionaire cast. As of April 2025, there seem to be 902 billionaires in the US. (I can’t access the original Forbes article, sorry).
Always love a good pedant.
But the exact number really doesn’t matter and isn’t the point.
Well it kind of does. Less than 1k people is a lot easier to grasp than thousands for people.
Thank you.
I think the exact magnitude of the billionaire caste illustrates the magnitude of the point.