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As long as you live frugally and in a reasonable COL area, this isn't crazy expensive. Doable with a couple million in net worth. Huge difference between that and what many of the rich are worth. The reality is that a million dollars isn't what it used to be and the fight isn't with people with single digit millions, it's with people with triple digit millions and up. Yes, having single digit millions feels like being rich in today's economy to many, but, in the eyes of the truly wealthy, a single digit millionaire might as well be a destitute homeless person.
One million seconds = ~11 days
One billion seconds = 31 years
It's not one order of magnitude - it's three.
One billion vs one million is the difference between a dollar candy ($1) and a full-time paycheck ($1,000).
The space between a nice bottle of wine ($50) and a median priced automobile ($50,000).
The delta between an expensive night out ($250) and a fucking house ($250,000).
And ultimately,
The failure of a working class income ($30,000 - or $15/hr x 40hrs FTE) and the assholes who rule us ($30,000,000).
Soon they'll be trillionaires, and there will be no stopping them.
They will stop themselves, their politicians will cannibalize them, silver lining!