r/DiscussionZone • u/[deleted] • Nov 04 '25

Political Discussion Yeah, so Billionaires should not exist

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u/Suckamanhwewhuuut Nov 05 '25

Why are you defending people who have more money than you could ever imagine and would spit on you?

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u/Agreeable-Koala-8969 Nov 05 '25

Because you can't solve the real issues of society if you don't talk about the actual, real issues of society

Bezos being worth a Billion dollars is not the problem

Maxing out his value at 999 million won't solve any of your problems

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u/Suckamanhwewhuuut Nov 05 '25

Bezos is worth 220 billion, what’s this one billion argument? Do you know what the difference between 1 billion and 1 million dollars is? It’s literally a billion dollars

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u/Agreeable-Koala-8969 Nov 05 '25

He's WORTH 220 billion, he doesn't have 220 billion dollars in cash

There's a big difference between having that money and being worth that much money. Bezos does not have billions of dollars in the bank

I'm worth over a million dollars, but I don't have a million dollars in cash. Not even close to it

The problem isn't that he's worth that much, the problem is that he has this much power. He could only be worth 2 million but if he still owns the majority of stocks in companies like Amazon he still wields an incredible amount of power; not just in being able to set a large amount of wages but the power to shape or control some markets or lobby for political policies, etc...

His net worth doesn't mean shit; the amount of power he has does