• MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works
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        18 days ago

        Reminder, 1 billion dollars is:

        • 1,000 millions
        • 1 million thousands
        • At the highest minimum wage in the world (Denmark @ USD$44,252/year), it would take just under 22,598 years to earn (11.2 Jesuses-ago)
        • If a Dane earning min wage were to work 24 hrs/day non-stop, it would take them just under 4,977 years to earn (2.46 Jesuses-ago).

        Billionaires have all that money even after their expenses. It’s their “savings account”, but their savings account makes much more interest than ours because they are actually invested in the market. If they need money beyond their regular pay, they use their investments as collateral for loans with interest rates lower than investment returns. They’re making money even if they are spending it.

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        19 days ago

        They do in any advanced economy…

        But steam don’t tax plebs like housing, health, and education does

        • OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world
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          19 days ago

          A billion dollars is never “a bit greedy”. It is always a failure of the system to regulated exorbitant wealth through effective taxation and fair market economic policy.

    • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
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      19 days ago

      When did I compare those two things as being equally as bad? What the hell is with this black and white stance in my replies, absolutely wild to see people defending a man owning 1 billion dollars in yachts.

    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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      19 days ago

      Isn’t the Steam business model to charge less than everyone else though?

      That seems like the exact opposite of greedy.