the difference between a million and a billion is about a billion
For anyone struggling with the logic on this one, alllow me to beeak it down.
1 billion minus 1 million equals 999 million, or, for all intents and purposes…
about a billion.
On a scale from 0 to 1 billion, 1 million is one tenth of one percent of the distance up from 0. From the perspective of a billionaire, a low end millionaire is indistinguishable from a homeless person.
While it’s cathartic to hate on everyone with money when you’re struggling to pay rent and feed your family, billionaires are the problem (and taste like chicken).
I saw a few outlets estimate Eilish is worth somewhere in the tens of millions not quite hundreds. From this Rolling Stones article, also about the speech, she recently donated 11.5 million. Apparently this type of thing isn’t out of the norm for her.
Equivalently, Zuckerberg would need to donate around 30-100 billion to match Eilish proportionally. To bring it back to earth, you or I would need to donate thousands - if not tens of thousands - to be proportionally similar. I won’t speak for you, but I’m not in the habit of donating double digit percentages of my salary.
I assume you mean someone randomly pulling 11.5 million out of their ass? And that you’re not just trying to be a jackass because you want to support her?
Yes. She donated $11.5 million to charity and has a net worth of around $50 million. That’s around 20%. If Zuckerburg did even 10%, it would be around 2,000 times more.
Is Billie Eilish giving away her money as a millionaire?
Remember the difference between a million and a billion is about a billion. Millionaires are not the problem.
To be the equivalent of someone making $10k giving $100 to charity, a millionaire would have to give $10k.
A billionaire would have to give 10 million dollars.
While your broad point isn’t wrong, it’s good to separate wealth and income.
They’re both part of the problem, along with their useful dipshits.
For anyone struggling with the logic on this one, alllow me to beeak it down.
1 billion minus 1 million equals 999 million, or, for all intents and purposes…
On a scale from 0 to 1 billion, 1 million is one tenth of one percent of the distance up from 0. From the perspective of a billionaire, a low end millionaire is indistinguishable from a homeless person.
While it’s cathartic to hate on everyone with money when you’re struggling to pay rent and feed your family, billionaires are the problem (and taste like chicken).
A thousand million
she donates and volunteers with non-profits pretty regularly
If a person has hundreds of millions of dollars of worth in their pocket, they are not donating enough
I saw a few outlets estimate Eilish is worth somewhere in the tens of millions not quite hundreds. From this Rolling Stones article, also about the speech, she recently donated 11.5 million. Apparently this type of thing isn’t out of the norm for her.
Equivalently, Zuckerberg would need to donate around 30-100 billion to match Eilish proportionally. To bring it back to earth, you or I would need to donate thousands - if not tens of thousands - to be proportionally similar. I won’t speak for you, but I’m not in the habit of donating double digit percentages of my salary.
If she has donated 11.5 million, I would assume she has more than tens of millions.
If that information is correct, great. Either way, She certainly is no Taylor Swift (in regard to the money) on any day of the week.
That sounds like you’re just making deliberately shitty assumptions in order to be a jackass
I assume you mean someone randomly pulling 11.5 million out of their ass? And that you’re not just trying to be a jackass because you want to support her?
Yes. She donated $11.5 million to charity and has a net worth of around $50 million. That’s around 20%. If Zuckerburg did even 10%, it would be around 2,000 times more.
That’s about 260x the median net worth in the US.
Yes, and? Have you donated 20% of your net worth to charity?
20% of nothin’ is nothin’.