neidu3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 hours agoWhat's your definition of a wealthy person? Sure, Bezos is rich, but where do you put the threshold?message-squaremessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up156arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your definition of a wealthy person? Sure, Bezos is rich, but where do you put the threshold?neidu3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 hours agomessage-square81fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoThese folks are always comparing themselves to billionaires. “What am I not a KING!” Much the same story as yours. I consider myself filthy rich vs. the rest of modern humanity and obscenely rich vs. historical humanity. I think it was Bill Gates who said that all the kings of Europe weren’t wealthy enough to buy the things in a modern grocery store.
These folks are always comparing themselves to billionaires. “What am I not a KING!”
Much the same story as yours. I consider myself filthy rich vs. the rest of modern humanity and obscenely rich vs. historical humanity.
I think it was Bill Gates who said that all the kings of Europe weren’t wealthy enough to buy the things in a modern grocery store.