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      16 days ago

      Nobody gets rich or stays rich by hoarding money. That’s not what being wealthy means.

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          15 days ago

          Rich people don’t hoard cash. They have assets that are valuable. A billionaire doesn’t have a billion dollars on their bank account. Hell, they probably don’t even have a million in there. All that wealth is tied to investments that either increases in value or for the very least holds it.

          Making money is incredibly easy if you have a lot of money to begin with. Going from zero to million is hard. Going from million to a hundred million, not so much.

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            15 days ago

            It’s hoarding none the less. I assume the previous commenter didn’t mean literally cash, neither did I. So yes you’re right.

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              15 days ago

              Is Elon hoarding money because he owns multiple succesfull companies?

              I don’t think so. Hoarding means sitting on a pile of something that you don’t use/need.

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                  15 days ago

                  …so you can’t just look at a person’s wealth and say “nobody should be that rich” or that they’re “hoarding money” when the wealth you’re criticizing could not even be money to begin with but a company called SpaceX or Tesla that’s valued in the billions.

                  Wealth is not synonymous with money in the bank. You could be incredibly wealthy because you own a rare painting, but having that painting on your wall doesn’t pay your bills.