6 pointsby iamben3 hours ago2 comments
  • xvxvx3 hours ago
    Perhaps, if mankind survives, this will be used as a teaching point to future generations on how wealth is mostly fantasy. Some people play Magic the Gathering. Others play the stock market.
  • ck23 hours ago
    a better perspective is he is worth more than HALF THE WORLD POPULATION COMBINED

    he is worth FOUR BILLION PEOPLE

    should not be physically possible, it's a failure of humanity

    • rationalist3 hours ago
      > he is worth

      No, he has ownership in stuff valued at X amount.

      > should not be physically possible

      And it isn't. It's all imaginary. He doesn't have 4 billion apples compared to my 1 apple.

      > it's a failure of humanity

      People need to stop letting emotions override their critical thinking.

      It's a failure of critical thinking, not humanity (unless you judge humanity on its ability to think critically, in which case it's you and not Elon Musk that is leading towards the failure of humanity).

      • ck22 hours ago
        if you have an asset that can be sold, that's part of your worth/wealth

        Musk has told tens of billions of dollars in stocks over the years

        in just 2021 he sold $40 BILLION in stock

        even single-digit billionaires are wealthy beyond comprehension

        Musk could sell $100 BILLION in stock this year if he wanted, that's not imaginary

        btw every other billionaire has donated to charity, Musk never does

        even the evil Koch Bros have funded hospital cancer wings all over, Musk never does

        instead he created his own fake Foundation and only gave it $14 Billion for his own projects

        he's silo-ing insane levels of wealth, the worst kind of person

        • rationalist22 minutes ago
          > if you have an asset that can be sold, that's part of your worth

          I guess the difference between you and I; I don't judge someone's worth that way.

          I also don't presume to tell others what to do with their own stuff.

          Monetary wealth at those levels is imaginary. Once you can get past that, you'll be a much happier person.

          Also, I don't think someone "silo-ing insane levels of wealth" is worse than a child murderer.