Oxfam predicts first trillionaire within a decade, with gap between rich and poor likely to increase
  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    62·
    10 months ago

    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).

    • iAvicenna@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      10 months ago

      yea doubling wealth for a couple of these individuals likely means significantly decreasing wealth for a big chunk of middle class people.