GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWe are the working classimagemessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up1439arrow-down18
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minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·2 months agoYeah. Imagine making $1,000,000 PER DAY. To get to musk’s net worth you would have to work for about 1,300 YEARS, while not having any expenses or worry about inflation.
minus-squareotacon239@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-22 months agoI like the analogy of 1 million being a glass of water and saying you have to drink 1 glass of water in a day to make a million. You have to have a room full of people to finish 1000 glasses of water in a day to make a billion.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoI love these comparisons. Imagine making $1 billion per year. You still need to work for 280 years.
Yeah.
Imagine making $1,000,000 PER DAY.
To get to musk’s net worth you would have to work for about 1,300 YEARS, while not having any expenses or worry about inflation.
I like the analogy of 1 million being a glass of water and saying you have to drink 1 glass of water in a day to make a million. You have to have a room full of people to finish 1000 glasses of water in a day to make a billion.
I love these comparisons.
Imagine making $1 billion per year.
You still need to work for 280 years.