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[โ€“] IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 65 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Agreed, just gonna point out that not all (though certainly most) of them are American. Elon and Prince Andrew being good examples.

Side thought, I'd like to see the ratio of billionaires by nationality. I imagine most would be either American or Chinese, but would be interesting numbers to look at. ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] will@piefed.zip 62 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Billionaires_by_nationality

this is much easier to visualize, I didn't think there were that many billionaires

[โ€“] IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wow! Thanks, I was right about the numbers being neato, but it's also depressing to think about. ๐Ÿ˜ญ

[โ€“] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

It's a lot of money but not that much for super rich people I guess

[โ€“] Gonzako@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My country has way too many billionaires.

[โ€“] luciferofastora@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

That's a low bar to clear

[โ€“] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sorry, is Lebanon the country with the 2 billionaires in the corner? I'm terrible at remembering flags, mb.

[โ€“] RabbitBBQ@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago

924 billionaires in the U.S. with a combined $7 trillion in "wealth". So once Mandani takes all of it away to pay the debt, who is going to pay the remaining $33 trillion?

[โ€“] arrow74@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Elon is American granted citizenship in 2002, 24 years ago.

I make this point not for Elon, but for other naturalized citizens. Once granted citizenship you are American, that's one of the few good things I like about this country. I've lived and traveled to other countries where it doesn't matter if you became a citizen or not because the locals will always consider you not one of them.

[โ€“] Mac@mander.xyz 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

citizen or not the locals see you as 'other'

So, the US lol

[โ€“] arrow74@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I can only speak of my expirences in the US and other places, but for the most part no that's not how it is in the US.

Yes you can find a racist asshole in every country, but what's the point. I wouldn't say every Italian is uneducated because I found a person that didn't complete school. This is why extremes make bad evidence.

But admittedly I left the US before things got out of control. Our federal government is certainly making an attempt at trying to define who should be American. Sad to see and goes against one of the few things I truly loved about my country

[โ€“] IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess the difference is just money, which tracks. Any poor foreigner with citizenship would be deported.

[โ€“] arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

That's simply a load of bullshit. I won't tell you ICE hasn't done it or tried it, but I can tell you they haven't deported even 1% of poor foreign born US citizens.

We have some big issues yes, but no need to overstate them

[โ€“] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Andrew was never a billionaire either.

[โ€“] IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fair enough, I guess I just assumed since he came from royalty.

[โ€“] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

He was only the spare, but he was mummyโ€™s favourite so she paid him an allowance of ยฃ250k, which he heavily overspent which led to all these dirty deals with the likes of Epstein to sell invites to royal parties etc.

While the Royal family are billionaires, that is mostly the assets of the Crown Estate which are controlled for the public good. What they keep is centred around the King and the Prince of Wales.

[โ€“] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

You could live a very nice life on that, especially if you inflation adjusted it, with how much that was at the times.ย 

[โ€“] flandish@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

what might help is if you shifted away from an amount like a billion to a mechanism and class - they are of the capitalist owning classes who exploit because that is how capitalism works. billionaires to millionaires to thousandaires. own and exploit? boom: roasted.