• Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    They have enough money to coast along to buy and hoard failing companies and collect them for whenever the economy rebounds.

    Billionaires have so much money, they could spend a few thousand a day and it wouldn’t hurt their bank account for decades.

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      They could spend $100,000 a day for 50 years an not have spent through 2 Billion. Elon and musk both command 200 Billion ish. the interest alone is worth that 8 billion a year if it was in treasuries.

      Every year the interest on Musks fortune could generate enough money to spend $2,100,000 a day without even losing a dollar of principle. on the theoretical interest of his fortune.

      I lost 10% of my retirement today. Thats not even a fraction of any of these numbers 😂😭

    • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world
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      The old oil money declared war on the neuvo riche tech bros.

      Its an attrition war.

      The majority are peeons (sic) in this new feudal trickle down economic game.