Comment by jongjong
2 days ago
Yep pretty much. It's just absurd. I wonder if billionaires notice any difference at all going from a net worth of $100 billion to $200 billion. I doubt they feel any difference at all in their lifestyles or happiness levels. Maybe they just get a tiny amount of satisfaction knowing that they're a couple of billions above the next richest person... Well it's basically the same for everyone in this society. The monetary amounts go up but nothing else does.
For most people, it feels like opportunities evaporate and disappear into the void. Nobody gains anything meaningful from the monopolization of opportunities. One regular person's "opportunity of a lifetime" turns into a billionaire's "spam in the inbox".
It's lose-lose but the billionaire may think of this as neutral or "not a problem" from their end. Easily solved by a spam filter, an assistant and a personal security team.
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