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[–] Fandangalo@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Imagine life was a game. You lived for 2025 years. You worked 260 days / year. You made the median US salary.

You would need to relive that process 3,145 times to match an Oligarch.

That amount of wealth is unethical while humanity suffers. No one can really fathom “1b dollars.”

[–] Darbage@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Its mind bending to even think about that much/many of anything. Seeing it visualized is staggering.

[–] BaldProphet@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Darbage@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

It boggles the mind. Maddening stuff.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Source? I'm sure it's mostly true but this is something even my MAGA family might get upset over. Why the fuck does a guy who's basically made his fortune off federal funding get to say what "waste" is?

[–] Darbage@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2025/elon-musk-business-government-contracts-funding/

Its behind an account signup but that one off the bat

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/report-says-elon-musks-businesses-150042117.html

That's a reference to the original. Some of it is loans but yeah. Seems a little wild doesn't it? I find it even more alarming the power he's been given over the agencies that are supposed to regulate his businesses.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://archive.ph/pIVab

There's a more shareable version of the wapo article.

[–] Darbage@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

The homie, thank you.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

He's using that money to buy the government! Swing and roundabouts innit ...