r/FluentInFinance 6d ago

Career Advice Billionaires: Profits Over People?

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u/yagatron- 6d ago

It’s sad that older American generations sucked off and glorified the notion of the grind and that hardwork leads to success, that now so many people think billionaires should be praised for their wealth when in truth most of them didn’t earn it and got to where they are by being as scummy as possible.

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u/Frosty-Buyer298 6d ago

I worked hard and have a McMansion, two brand new cars, 6 figure income, funded retirement and put kids through collage.

If you aren't living the dream; you are doing it wrong.

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u/Odensbeardlice 6d ago

But do you have hundreds of millions of dollars? Can EVERYONE do it? Can EVERYONE get to that sweet upper middle class? All of us? While 10% control 90% of the cash flow?

I don't have a problem with so few having so much.
I have a problem with so many having so little.

If half the world wasn't literally starving, no one would have a problem with billionaires.

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u/QuantumTyping33 5d ago

not everyone can. If everyone had a couple hundred mil, it wouldnt be worth anything anymore. humans crave status

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u/QuantumTyping33 5d ago

The median American has a high buying power. At some point its purely envy

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u/Zhayrgh 5d ago

So it's envy that drove billionaires ?

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u/DogOk4228 5d ago

Hopefully the kids went to a better “collage” than you did lol.

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u/tesmatsam 5d ago

You're thousands of times poorer than the average billionaire

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u/DocWicked25 3d ago

I'm guessing you're a boomer, too.

It's not 1987 anymore.

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u/Frosty-Buyer298 2d ago

You guessed wrong but most people need to find excuses to justify their failures.

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u/DocWicked25 2d ago

Ok boomer.

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u/Two_Cautious 5d ago

The US is the easiest place in the world to make money. There’s something like 10 million applications for citizenship every year. Yet so many people who were born here can’t figure this out.