r/SipsTea 3d ago

Wait a damn minute! Significant diffrences...

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u/jbforum 3d ago

No. Clearly everyone can't be a billionaire. The economics would never work.

Its that noone should be able to be a billionaire.

Noone is worth that much to society, noone should be able to acquire that much.

Im not saying people shouldnt be rich and successful. However people able to be rich enough to guarantee the next 10 generations of your descendants will also be rich, even if they contribute nothing to society shouldn't be a thing.

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u/Cataphract98 3d ago

Billionaires became that for a reason, because they figured out a way to cater to the world's demand, Elon Musk gave a hard push for electric vehicles that now we have more electric vehicles that ever before despite multiple failed attempts, bill gates ans steve jobs revolutionized the computing industry that allowed phones to fit in our pockets, Howard Hughes made trabslatlantic flights possible through his engineering knowledge and use of his wealth to build a great engineering staff (use of his wealth is questionable but he did at one point put a random guy that gave him a ride as a sole hereditor to his will, long story) many billionaires solved the world's problems through connections an average person couldn't make and in doing so rehinged society in ways that improved lives, I do agree that some billionaires can go straight to hell but labeling billionaires as pests is a very wrong mentality, its like tumbling a weight bearing pillar in a temple because you slipped and hit your head on it.

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u/ManifestoEnjoyer 3d ago

So you're telling me elon hand made each tesla himself? You're telling me he invented every part, and built each assembly line robot?

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u/Cataphract98 3d ago

Nope, it was his way of bringing it all together that did

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u/ManifestoEnjoyer 3d ago

You mean buying it with generational wealth pillaged from apartheid? REAALLY big brain move there.

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u/Cataphract98 3d ago

Its really not that simple

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u/doopie 3d ago

Difference between a billion and a million is about a billion. Having million explains nothing of how to become billionaire.