A billion dollars is such an absurd amount of money that the human brain can't properly comprehend it. If you earned $5,000 a day, every single day since Columbus first sailed to America in 1492, you still wouldn't have a fucking billion dollars today. Yet we live in a world where some individuals (Racist Elon Musk for instance) hoard wealth that exceeds not just one billion, but hundreds of billions of dollars. This grotesque shit pile concentration of resources in the hands of a few while millions struggle to afford basic necessities isn't just morally repugnant โ it's a critical threat to democracy, economic stability, and human progress.
The Broken System That Created Modern Oligarchs
Let's cut through the bullshit: Nobody "earns" a billion dollars through hard work alone. This level of wealth accumulation is only possible through exploitation, tax avoidance, and a system rigged to funnel money upward. The myth of the self-made billionaire is precisely that โ a myth designed to justโฆ
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