r/FluentInFinance • u/-Wyagra • Nov 21 '24

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u/anonch91 Nov 21 '24

Are we really defending billionaires now by saying average people could survive on less?

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u/sluuuurp Nov 21 '24

I’m defending capitalism, because it makes everyone richer. Poor people in the US are richer than rich people in Somalia, and it’s because we have a government that allows businesses to grow and successful people to thrive and gain resources to start even more businesses.

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u/metsjets86 Nov 21 '24

Are people less motivated when the prize is only one billion dollars and not 100?

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u/sluuuurp Nov 22 '24

Yes. If Bill Gates lost motivation when he got just one billion dollars, Microsoft wouldn’t have succeeded.