Yeah “rich” starts at way less than a billion dollars. Someone with a paltry 10 million in the bank is already absolutely loaded, and has won the game.
When we say “the billionaires,” Americans think that means anyone who’s ever been on a TV show or maybe Steve from church who has a boat and a vacation home.
I think this stems from a misunderstanding of how much money a billion dollars is
As the current popular phrase goes, the difference between a million and a billion is about a billion.
https://eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
This can be helpful if you’re dealing with ignorance rather than malice
That site is such an eye opener. I still haven’t managed to get to the end every time I visit the site
Such incomprehensible wealth
And for what? To fuck everyone
Yeah “rich” starts at way less than a billion dollars. Someone with a paltry 10 million in the bank is already absolutely loaded, and has won the game.
When we say “the billionaires,” Americans think that means anyone who’s ever been on a TV show or maybe Steve from church who has a boat and a vacation home.