• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    When I go to poor countries I tip/donate well beyond what I’m told is normal, because $10 or $20 is nothing to me, but potentially more money than they’ll earn in days/weeks. It always makes them so happy.

    What happiness I would make with a billion…

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        8 days ago

        I don’t think that’s the reason. It is part of it, but the main reason you’ll never be a billionaire is that you would need to take from people.

      • Susaga@sh.itjust.works
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        8 days ago

        Nah, that’s not why. A billionaire can give millions away without any impact on their life.

        There are two paths to becoming a billionaire. The first is to hit the Goldilocks zone of a good product with mass appeal, good distribution and to have significant ownership of it. The second is to already BE rich. Most billionaires are the second one.