• TheBloodFarts@lemmy.ca
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      29 days ago

      Owning 1.3T of anything is a hoard by definition. I would be surprised if anyone at any time in history has ever owned a trillion of anything

      • krisevol@lemmus.org
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        29 days ago

        So no one is own to own a company? Because that is all his wealth. It’s stock shares.

            • FlexibleToast@lemmy.world
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              28 days ago

              I didn’t say that. I said nobody should have that much wealth. If the business is worth that much, no one person should own that large of a stake in it because it’s apparently a very important business.

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              28 days ago

              Genuinely asking what’s the difference?

              Like sure liquid $1T would be insane for one person to have, but a $1T company is equally as insane

              • qaz@lemmy.world
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                28 days ago

                It’s not as insane because there is a significant difference between liquid and illiquid assets in how these can affect the world. However, regardless of how it compares, people owning more than a billion is one more sign our global economic system is very broken (and trillion even more so).

              • krisevol@lemmus.org
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                28 days ago

                A 1 trillion company trading at 350 p/e tells you everything you need to know about how liquid the market would be if he tried to sell it all

            • Phantaloons@piefed.zip
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              28 days ago

              it’s crazy to have 1.3T dollars

              somehow =

              it’s crazy to own a business

              what a fucking idiot

      • MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today
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        28 days ago

        You know that number is entirely theoretical, right?

        If he were to sell all of his stock tomorrow, it would tank the value immediately and he’d never get even close to half of that money (probably far less).