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I know it's not Moldy Monday, but I figured y'all would appreciate this 110 year old cartoon anyway.

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[–] Toribor@corndog.social 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After 110 years millionaires aren't even bourgeois anymore.

[–] metallic_z3r0 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

USD $1,000,000 in 1914 would be worth about $31,000,000 today.

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Huge difference. With 30M you can buy a few flats and never have to work again. With 1M you can buy your own flat and have more of your monthly salary to spend.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Millionaires are small fries. They're a dime a dozen nowadays.

Billionaires are where it's at. No individual on the face of Earth requires that much money. Why go through the effort of taking down 1000 millionaires when you only need to remove a single billionaire?

You've got to start from the top and work your way down.

[–] FakeGreekGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago

Well, yeah. It is from 110 years ago. You have to adjust for inflation.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Millionaire literally just means "retirement eligible" at this point...

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago
[–] HogsTooth@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

If you have the opportunity to relieve a M/Billionaire of any of their money, at this point I feel you're morally obligated to. To free the money from a dragon's hoard is the right thing to do.

[–] amio@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Mary is fucking based.

[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Well start wearing your heart on your sleeve, or gun.

It’s not healthy to bottle it up inside and not let it out.