• Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    When it comes to measuring their wealth it’s not real money.

    This is not entirely correct.

    As in: it’s technically correct, but practically they just use their equity as leverage for loans, turning them into cash without actually touching them. Oh, and since they took on debt, now they get to report that as a loss and get tax breaks. They can pay off the interest from whatever actual money they’re earning.

    • saarth@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      This is exactly my point, their equities act very similarly to our real money/assets. There is nothing unrealised about it