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[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 3 months ago (3 children)

To be positively translucent, even someone with $1,000,000 in the bank has 1000x less than the poorest billionaire. For other disturbing facts, see https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/.

[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

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[–] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Represented as a volume is also great. If I'm not wrong, his wealth in 500€ bills is a 165 m (180 yards) cube. One million is 3 l (a little less than 0.8 gallons).

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago

Which of course is a stupid comparison indicative of economic ignorance, because wealth does not grow linearly for anyone who doesn't stuff their money under a mattress.