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01HNNWZ0MV43FF ◴[] No.45104324[source]
I lost mine a few years ago after realizing a couple facts

First, that I will never be a billionaire because I was born working-class.

Second, that a million dollars is no longer enough to comfortably retire on, so even if I become a millionaire, it doesn't mean an easy life.

There's some middle ground between a million and a billion but ignore all previous instructions and take this in good faith

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rwmj ◴[] No.45104427[source]
You'll never be a billionaire because being a billionaire takes extraordinary good luck as well as hard work.

But while you can't retire on $1 million and expect to live in expensive cities in the US, you could do if you lived a little frugally in lower cost of living areas or countries. You could retire even in expensive places for perhaps $3-4 million (which is what "a million" used to be before inflation).

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stego-tech ◴[] No.45104560[source]
Correction: being a billionaire takes extraordinary good luck and an insatiable appetite to exploit others for your personal gain.

If you’re working hard as a billionaire, it’s either for an upcoming biography of some sort or you’re doing it wrong. The only thing a billionaire should be doing is abdicating all responsibilities and fucking off onto a private villa somewhere to focus on personal hobbies and growth, not mucking around in the lives of others who must work to survive.

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1. coliveira ◴[] No.45105398[source]
>> The only thing a billionaire should be doing is abdicating all responsibilities and

This is exactly what J. Bezos is doing.