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minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 days agoIf we take the headline that Elon Musk is a trillionaire to be true… Lets say you are a working professional something and make 100k a year. You are doing well. Not great, but you are getting by. A 150 million dollar donation from Elon Musk, if we take their trillionaire or even near trillionare status to be true… That’s equivalent to you donating about 15 bucks. Thats what 150 million represents to Elon Musk.
minus-squareNo1@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoActually, you’ve compared earnings vs wealth. The apples to apples analogy would be: Imagine if you were lucky enough to have $100,000 in the bank/stocks etc. Musk giving $150M is like you giving $15
If we take the headline that Elon Musk is a trillionaire to be true…
Lets say you are a working professional something and make 100k a year. You are doing well. Not great, but you are getting by.
A 150 million dollar donation from Elon Musk, if we take their trillionaire or even near trillionare status to be true…
That’s equivalent to you donating about 15 bucks. Thats what 150 million represents to Elon Musk.
Actually, you’ve compared earnings vs wealth.
The apples to apples analogy would be:
Imagine if you were lucky enough to have $100,000 in the bank/stocks etc.
Musk giving $150M is like you giving $15