Jeff Bezos, king of the Billionaire bastards is a great example of this. Closley followed by space Karen Elon Musk. Sadly, there are many more, and the wealth gap is widening.
A billionaire gained roughly £1.5 million for every £1 of new global wealth earned by a person in the bottom 90 percent. Billionaire fortunes have increased by £2.5 billion a day.
Extreme wealth and poverty are rising simultaneously for the first time in decades. Now more than ever, workers are struggling to pay their bills, buy their groceries, and support their families because inflation is skyrocketing across the world.
Corporations are raising the prices on goods, not because they have to, but because it increases the payouts for their shareholders. This lines the pockets of the ultra-wealthy while forcing more people into poverty. Last year, 95 food and energy corporations doubled their company profits. Instead of investing that money in their employees, they paid £250 billion to their already rich shareholders. In the backdrop of this outrageous corporate greed, 1.7 billion workers live in countries where inflation now outpaces wages.
Billionaire's Aren't Geniuses
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