• Art35ian@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    All this dude has to do is be filthy rich and shut the fuck up. That’s it.

    Give me a billion, trillion dollars and I’d just walk the earth, man. You’d never hear from me.

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      Tom from Myspace. He sold it at the top and just cruises around the earth with his beautiful wife knowing that his family’s wealth is secure. And everyone who was online in the early 2000s is his friend.

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      You’d never get to a billion, because nobody needs a billion to live. You only get to a billion by being insane, thinking you need to get the high score in capitalism.

      People who say they’d retire and walk the earth would just do that at a million or four, and not wait until you hit billions to stop.

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        2 million at 6 percent a year in gains/dividends is 120k a year. I would say a vast majority of us could live a very comfortable life with 2 million. That’s a middle class income for the rest of your life.

        The sad thing is we’re all closer to 2 million than 2 million is to the 200 billion Elon is worth.

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          The “rule” is 4%, and even that number is high at this point. I think 3, it 3.5 is closer to reality.

          So it would get you ~60k.

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        Reminds me of this quote from Succession:

        You can’t do anything with five, Greg. Five’s a nightmare. Can’t retire, not worth it to work. Oh yes, five will drive you un poco loco. Poorest rich person in America. The world’s tallest dwarf.

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      hell, if he kept his mouth shut people would probably still be lauding him as some genius billionaire innovator but no he had to open it like a true brainlet

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      Seriously. I’d probably buy a nice comfy sailboat and travel the world, staying away from the spot light, mostly off the grid, seeing new places and enjoying exploring and generally not working or being at all publicized.

      If I had enough, I’d probably throw some money at a university to build a building with my name on it and a bequest to specialize in research to un-fuck the planet and stay the hell out of their way.