I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops

Nepotism at it's finest, must be fuckin nice.

You’re absolutely correct, however if I were that rich I would just have a small mansion with a lazy river and pina coloda machine. That’s my passion

Keep dreaming, peasant!

I remember when I graduated college in ‘09 and employers had that “You’re lucky to have a job!” attitude while they paid me $10 an hour. At that time, however, I was lucky to have a job.

I’ve never been really comfortable since.

right?

if I somehow amassed a billion dollars it wouldn't last long. I'd figure out the bare minimum I needed to live comfortably without the need to work, maybe double it for safety, and then start improving the lives of people who are or have been important to me, or those I judge most in need (or perhaps who would benefit the most, if different)

I have an image ready on the topic that I will be posting tomorrow or in 2 days:

Edit: I decided to post it now because I need traction on this sub to find people that will be willing to be mods here.

You're talking about wealthy/economically comfortable people, not rich people. There's a HUGE difference.

Most actually RICH people are born into money and might increase their fortune if they want to, but don't have to.

Over a certain threshold, a rich person has the option to not work at all or do essentially risk-free business because above a certain wealth, companies might go under, but it won't cost a billionaire anything, certainly nothing that can't be covered by an easy to obtain and usually low to no interest loan.

The "high performance individuals" that create a lot of wealth for themselves and others are the wealthy/comfortable ones who can't stop working without, at least, having to cut back on luxuries.

They're not the ones the laws benefit the most, though, the RICH are. Their income is mainly in undertaxed capital gains and the vast majority of their "high level trade and investments" don't benefit anyone but themselves and other rich people, taking their wealth out of the general economy and thus making them a net expense for the general population.

Oh Antiwork! I'm a fairly fresh Lemming with strong opinions against work and some time on my hands, lemme see that pinned post.

Somehow I feel like their definition of "work" and mine are vastly different.