boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 个月前World’s five richest men double their money as poorest get poorerwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1799arrow-down110cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1789arrow-down1external-linkWorld’s five richest men double their money as poorest get poorerwww.theguardian.comboem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 个月前message-square73fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up92·edit-210 个月前This is not like when ordinary people double their money. They already have an unimaginable amount of wealth, so doubling it is adding another unimaginable quantity. This is a good illustration: Wealth shown to scale Remember that those boxes need to be twice as long now (but not our box).
minus-squareiAvicenna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 个月前yea doubling wealth for a couple of these individuals likely means significantly decreasing wealth for a big chunk of middle class people.
This is not like when ordinary people double their money. They already have an unimaginable amount of wealth, so doubling it is adding another unimaginable quantity. This is a good illustration:
Wealth shown to scale
Remember that those boxes need to be twice as long now (but not our box).
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yea doubling wealth for a couple of these individuals likely means significantly decreasing wealth for a big chunk of middle class people.