• implosive_sprig@beehaw.org
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    Then there were 2,000 in 2017. Now, eight years later, another milestone: 3,028 entrepreneurs, investors and heirs make up this year’s ranking, 247 more than a year ago. Not only are there more of them, but they’re richer than ever, worth $16.1 trillion in total—up nearly $2 trillion over 2024.

    The earth is a resort for 3,028 people.

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    And they don’t even have the courtesy to supply me with a cute maid uniform, I gotta buy my own! Smh

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    Hmmmmm I’m quite okay over here in Scandinavia too. I could just quit and live comfortably for quite a while. But would get so bored quickly I think.

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      i suppose this is where the analogy is lacking, because it’s not just basic comfort and survival, which billionairs receive, but also great control over the economy and politics and through that, control over all of our lives, our creativity, and our environment. this power is something which is taken from us and which we are in turn systemically denied meaningful access to.