grey pill so I can HONK SHOO while a feather is kept afloat by my own breath

Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire is back

Yeah, not surprised by this. Harboring chasers and kicking out trans communists is a great way to make your community a shithole of reactionary jerks.

Don't worry, we're not outwardly hostile unless you're coming in shouting slurs and insulting folks. If you're willing to learn about leftism, feel free to level up at Librehab

Also, our instance is known for our many, many emojis and love of shitposting

Exactly. So you agree that it's impossible to earn and save a billion dollars just by working hard. It requires either exploiting your workers by stealing their surplus value, or by using the market by short-selling, using hedge funds, trading through illegal offshore numbered accounts, derivatives, etc.

The average US worker has a salary of $46,800 (in 2018) before taxes. Assuming they saved everything and spent nothing, it would take over 5 years for them to make 250k. Again, this is before taxes, and without spending anything. For the vast majority of people, 250k is a lot of money.

Assuming they saved everything and spent nothing, the average worker would have to work the entire length of all human history in order to earn a billion dollars. If they were to make as much money as Jeff Bezos, they would have to work for 2.8 million years.

Assuming you earned a million dollars every year, it would take 1000 years to earn your first billion dollars.

It's not possible to become a billionaire simply through working, as humans do not live that long.

Wait, holy shit, it actually is the human pet guy

It was something along the lines of "the evil violent northern commies tried to disrupt the peaceful democratic south by attacking American ships and invading". Also a bunch of pro-colonialist propaganda. It was used in a lot of schools in America. Luna Oi actually reviewed the book, and I had forgotten how bad it was until she did. I can't seem to find the video on her channel, though.

Yeah, I heard the same thing. We also had a history textbook that declared the 'most oppressive states in the world' were Vietnam and Laos.

EDIT: Later editions of the book added Afghanistan, and then Iraq, to the list of oppressive states.

Reminded of this classic video