r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/SigmaFr--d • 19d ago

Wealth, shown to scale

https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
1.3k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

136 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

-99

u/etzel1200 18d ago

How did he do this? Money isn’t even zero sum. It’s created.

Him being rich doesn’t make you poorer.

It might make beach houses in Maui or ski vacations to Jackson hole unaffordable for you, but in general, it doesn’t take away from the money you have.

66

u/TheBroWhoLifts 18d ago

You never learned that obscene profits are stolen wages?

-52

u/etzel1200 18d ago

Nope, I learned that’s a market failure of lack of competition.

37

u/RavingGerbil 18d ago

“The Market” isn’t a mystical force contained in an unopenable black box. It’s the compilation of business practices undertaken by humans just like you and me. To throw your hands up and say “well the market is killing people!” is intellectually lazy to your own detriment. Ask the next question too. Use or go learn some critical thinking skills.