Capitalism. That's what it is. The idea that all good things come from being rich, so the richer you are, the gooder you are. But there is limited wealth in any economy, so when some people have a lot more, that HAS to result in many other people having less.

Ha! all the forelock-tugging slugs defending billionaires.

I spent three years at an Ivy League university. Not as a student. I can say that IMO the students at this university were no more intellectually inclined than the students at any state university I’ve been affiliated with. As a matter of fact, except for the token minority students, most were average at best. They were, however, a lot richer so things always worked out all right.

I 100% get the snark. But if my Dad got me a job, I'd take it. As long as I didn't have to work for him or with him.

When the crew of 'The Powerpuff Girls' created the character Princess Morbucks, do you think it's possibly they were trying to warn us?

23 years ago I went to work for a company a couple of (really good) guys started up. It was their company, and they made pretty good money from my work. 14 years ago a co-worker wanted to start a business in the same industry, and invited me to join in the venture. We figured it was about 50-50 whether he would make it or go under. I didn't want to bet the portion of my house I owned, so I played it safe, stayed where I was. He worked a lot of double and triple shifts, almost went under several times, but made it, and 12 years ago he hired me. He now makes a lot more money than I do because he had the guts to risk it, the determination to work for basically no pay for the first couple of years, and the luck that it paid off. He isn't "stealing" or "exploiting." He now employs about 300 people total. No billionaire, but doing well. I'm happy for him, and happy to work for him.

It's all fun until you realize that people are "making jokes" about "throwing other people in lava"( i.e. killing them) with the argument to redistribute the wealth.

And here I don't want to be no billionaire, not even a millionaire, I just wanna make enough to live comfortably. But Capitalism says no :')

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Tbf this article is really misleading for a variety of reasons. Here's a few: 1. There are plenty of rags to riches stories out there people working their way up to the top by sheer determination starting out poor. If you think that the chance of reaching true financial independence is determined at birth, then why even try? - and that's dangerous 2. If they own a billion each, it's still not coercively redirected from those ppl's bank accounts who watch Netflix and do the same mind numbing job for years reading no books etc. 3. Most people would turn a million cash into 2 million in debt sooner than making a dime profit let alone become a billionaire. 4. Those who hate rich people are also saying that they'd hate themselves if ever coming near achieving considerable financial stability

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Ah yes...clearly that was all. Clearly if you were in Bill gate's shoes you too would now be a billionaire. You too would buy DOS off someone to resell it to IBM. You too would have had the vision, drive and sheer guts to do so. And if your dad/mom was a congressman you too like Warren Buffet would have been so successful and diligent with your money that you would have a financial indicator named after you (buffet indicator). And if your parents gave you $200k to start surely you would not settle your mortgage or travel around the world right? you Would risk every single penny you have and have yourself a multi billion dollar empire like Bezos right? Such BS sorry. Look you can criticize these people for a lot of things. You can call out Bezos for his horrific way he pays/treats employees. You can call out Musk for his constant stream of bullshit and broken promises but don't attribute their success to "I got rich/powerful parents".