the difference between a million and a billion is about a billion
For anyone struggling with the logic on this one, alllow me to beeak it down.
1 billion minus 1 million equals 999 million, or, for all intents and purposes…
about a billion.
On a scale from 0 to 1 billion, 1 million is one tenth of one percent of the distance up from 0. From the perspective of a billionaire, a low end millionaire is indistinguishable from a homeless person.
While it’s cathartic to hate on everyone with money when you’re struggling to pay rent and feed your family, billionaires are the problem (and taste like chicken).
Depends on how you are defining “millionaire”. If you are going by "sum of all assets is greater than $1,000,000), then 99% of the people who you say are part of the problem, are simply people who own a detached house in the right location (context for this is that the average price for a detached house in the city of Toronto is just under $1,000,000 USD).
Unless you’re talking about people with tens or hundreds of millions, millionaires are largely inconsequential. Additionally, depending on where they live, a millionaire might have less usable money than someone with hundreds of thousands.
Charging them the most they’re willing to pay while giving them the least they’re willing to accept. She could do her performances on an average salary, but why would she do that if useful idiots are proud to pay her more? She wouldn’t be able to get ahead of people like you if she did that, and of course you’re here defending her.
You wouldn’t understand this though because then you’d have to admit how you get ripped off on the regular.
You appear to be quite irritated at people asking you questions about your opinions.
From the Rolling Stones article about this same speech, it appears Eilish donated an eight figure sum of money recently. This is remarkable given multiple outlets seem to estimate her net worth also being an eight figure sum.
We lowly ‘consumers’ on the other hand tend only to have a five or six figure net worth, ignoring the home some of us are fortunate enough to own. None of us are donating 10-20% of our net worth periodically (except the Mormons). It seems a bit out of touch to rail against someone that appears this philanthropic when there are thousands of billionaires the same energy could be pitted against instead.
I haven’t defended this person. I’m not sure I’ve heard any of her music, even her age (born this millenia!) came as a surprise.
What I have done is attempt to politely explain a different perspective that I see that perhaps you didn’t. Comments by yourself on the other hand are diametrically opposed to open thought, respectful argumentation, and basic decency.
You know well the aphorism about everyone else being the asshole, I’m sure.
Remember the difference between a million and a billion is about a billion. Millionaires are not the problem.
For anyone struggling with the logic on this one, alllow me to beeak it down.
1 billion minus 1 million equals 999 million, or, for all intents and purposes…
On a scale from 0 to 1 billion, 1 million is one tenth of one percent of the distance up from 0. From the perspective of a billionaire, a low end millionaire is indistinguishable from a homeless person.
While it’s cathartic to hate on everyone with money when you’re struggling to pay rent and feed your family, billionaires are the problem (and taste like chicken).
To be the equivalent of someone making $10k giving $100 to charity, a millionaire would have to give $10k.
A billionaire would have to give 10 million dollars.
A thousand million
They’re both part of the problem, along with their useful dipshits.
Depends on how you are defining “millionaire”. If you are going by "sum of all assets is greater than $1,000,000), then 99% of the people who you say are part of the problem, are simply people who own a detached house in the right location (context for this is that the average price for a detached house in the city of Toronto is just under $1,000,000 USD).
No, millionaires are part of the problem too. Especially celebrities.
If they are doctors, then they get a pass. That’s all.
Let’s stop defending the people ripping us off. They only have more because we’re proud to have less.
I’m going to block you now because this is not a back and forth.
Unless you’re talking about people with tens or hundreds of millions, millionaires are largely inconsequential. Additionally, depending on where they live, a millionaire might have less usable money than someone with hundreds of thousands.
Wait, so some plumber who bought a house back in the 80s is “ripping us off”?
How tf Billie Eilish has ripped people off? 🤔
Charging them the most they’re willing to pay while giving them the least they’re willing to accept. She could do her performances on an average salary, but why would she do that if useful idiots are proud to pay her more? She wouldn’t be able to get ahead of people like you if she did that, and of course you’re here defending her.
You wouldn’t understand this though because then you’d have to admit how you get ripped off on the regular.
Keep consuming.
You appear to be quite irritated at people asking you questions about your opinions.
From the Rolling Stones article about this same speech, it appears Eilish donated an eight figure sum of money recently. This is remarkable given multiple outlets seem to estimate her net worth also being an eight figure sum.
We lowly ‘consumers’ on the other hand tend only to have a five or six figure net worth, ignoring the home some of us are fortunate enough to own. None of us are donating 10-20% of our net worth periodically (except the Mormons). It seems a bit out of touch to rail against someone that appears this philanthropic when there are thousands of billionaires the same energy could be pitted against instead.
Yes, keep defending the people taking you for a ride.
I haven’t defended this person. I’m not sure I’ve heard any of her music, even her age (born this millenia!) came as a surprise.
What I have done is attempt to politely explain a different perspective that I see that perhaps you didn’t. Comments by yourself on the other hand are diametrically opposed to open thought, respectful argumentation, and basic decency.
You know well the aphorism about everyone else being the asshole, I’m sure.