Unfortunately billionaires rarely try to educate themselves about the world at all, let alone gather together in a single cramped room to be educated. Still, it's a nice idea.
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Good point, even though the numbers don't check out.
There were 69 children killed this year. 813 billionaires in the US. It would take almost 12 years.
Edit: These are only the school shootings, not the all deaths of minors
Where did you get that number? John Hopkins is reporting 48,204 gun deaths for people aged 0-17 in 2022.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-17/us-school-shootings-2024-in-numbers/104734714
My mistake, I was only looking at the school shootings.
“There were 2,526 gun deaths in 2022 among 1- to 17-year-olds, averaging to nearly 7 per day.”
48,204 is total gun deaths.
These are both horrific figures and in no way am I intending to diminish either.
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So actually less than a week.
Only if the wealth is redistributed to the masses though.
In some cases, the wealth might simple be gone because the stock crashes of which the bulk of the wealth is built.
but if not, and they have two or more children ic tje amount gets split between them. Then you handlo those, and their children etc. It's financial homeopathy
Yeah exactly. Normal inheritance means their kids or spouse inherit, and the number of billionaires remains the same.
The Adjusters go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Fun fact, if I were to inherit the wealth of a billionaire family member who was shot in public I’d get philanthropic real fast!
I was thinking about this the other day. If I had half a trillion dollars (like the guy who just bought the presidency) I would spend it building a city from scratch. A walkable/bikeable city with free public transportation. I don't have enough expertise to speak about affordable housing ideas, but with that amount of money I can pay someone to come up with some good regulations. Don't know why but that'd be my passion project.
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Many people say this. However of those who talk the talk, barely any ever walk the walk.
However I think if you are born an heir to a billionaire, you'd lack the perspective which might foster selfless philanthropy.
I'd like to think that if someone from the working class would randomly get such money they would. But it still seems unlikely.
I would assume most of Elon Musk’s kids are not a fan of Billionaires.
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self preservation isn't a selfless motive, but if it results in philanthropy then that's a win.
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