• WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    17 days ago

    10 million seems low only because there are realistic things that can cost more than that. Nothing an individual could buy costs a billion. That’s the heinous part of billionaires in my opinion—it is just numbers on a screen for them to measure their dicks with. No realistic change of lifestyle is happening after the first billion, yet they continue to inhale dollars out of greed and habit.

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        17 days ago

        Musk just spent 250 million to buy an entire presidential election. Is there any history of someone spending a whole billion on one?

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          17 days ago

          But he paid $40B for twitter. $250M is the kind of bargain you only get after prior investment.

          (And I guess I found something an individual can buy for >$1B, which is even more reason to prohibit anyone from having this much money.)