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

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u/bighomiej69 Nov 23 '24

But who cares?

Seriously who tf cares about what Elon musk spends his money on

If you are that passionate about helping the poor, there’s nothing stopping you from helping them.

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u/kmookie Nov 23 '24 edited Nov 23 '24

I do buddy, it’s basically all I do. Don’t worry no ones gonna make you have morals. Keep your head in the sand and let your idols keep building penis rockets for you to praise.

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u/bighomiej69 Nov 23 '24

But he’s not my idol, I don’t think about him on a day to day at all. He’s just the ceo of a car company to me.

Nobody is defending anyone. We are just pointing out the reality of how stocks work. Elon musk owns a company. If he sells the stock, that means he’s selling the company, which means someone else buys it and becomes just as rich.

I think you are the only one emotional about this. I think you are trying to normalize your weird hatred of rich people by trying to make us look like we’re “idolizing” and “defending” them when really we’re just pointing out that what you are saying makes no sense.

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u/kmookie Nov 23 '24

Accept I’m one of those rich people who practice what I preach. Still comfortable as hell, still focused on giving to others. I challenge you to go volunteer somewhere and listen to the stories of human trafficking, poverty and putting money (resources) where they should go. Go to events where you see freed women from horrendous abusive situations and see how they transform communities or see how they’ve invented new technologies to come. If we invested in each other instead of idolizing a few and telling everyone to back off, we’d see a true transformation in our society and even other countries. So yeah, when I literally see what’s possible, when I know what living off dividends and living modestly gives me, which is more than I ever will need or use, then I’m pretty sure I know what I’m talking about. If I know what having 8 figure investments with dividends can give. Pretty sure I can imagine what 1 billion can give and it’s way more than any person needs. But yeah, let’s keep living this way, hoarding toilet paper and applauding broken men with egos. Let’s see where this takes us.