Alt: A photo with the text "Would you press this button?" And two images representing options: option 1 is "50% chance of becoming a billionaire" with an image of a shovel full of money, and the other "50% chance of becoming this" being an image of Astolfo, a character from Type-Moon's "Fate" anime/manga/VN series noted for crossdressing as a cute girl, and is commonly identified as a LGBT icon.
Laws have changed since 1920, and even with 2008 and 2020 every ten year period will still see 10% growth from a diversified portfolio.
And even if 4.6 million doesn't buy what it did last year you can spend less than that for the compound interest to overtake inflation easily.