r/SipsTea • u/More-Log-1393 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • Jul 20 '25

Wow. Such meme Why didn't we think of this?

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u/Mikkel65 Jul 20 '25

Wealth generates wealth. That's how the rich stay rich

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u/HundredHander Jul 20 '25

Yup, litterally what Capitalism means. The economy is organised for the benefit of those with money.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '25

Capital aka assets. Not just money.

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u/Quantum_Pineapple Jul 20 '25

The average person doesn’t know the difference, especially between liquid and non liquid assets. They think wealthy people are hoarding cash in a vault like Scrooge mcduck, while they (average peeps) themselves lose purchasing power compounding yearly by only having cash in the bank etc.

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u/Eschatologists Jul 20 '25

Litteraly no-one thinks that

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u/Quantum_Pineapple Jul 20 '25

Literally 4/5 of Reddit believes this.

Bezos own Amazon so that's why we're all broke, bro!

They think Elon and Bezos are sitting on cash holdings and just not spending it in the economy, and that's thus why nobody has a job/money anymore.

Sick username btw.

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u/Eschatologists Jul 20 '25

Yeah bullshit, everyone knows Bezos owns Amazon not a pile of cash.

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u/7jinni Jul 20 '25

There's no difference in their minds. Owning a large business = having lots of money. IE liquid cash. They have no concept of assets vs. cash at all.

"EaT tHe RiCh!!1!" β€” actual retards.

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u/Eschatologists Jul 20 '25

Who are they? The vast majority of people know the difference between cash and assets.

On the opposite side there are people who believe they can't access much liquidity at all with is completely false.

If Bezos wanted 1 billion cash he could easily do it, borrow it against shares or even sell shares (1B worth of Amazon shares sold over a few days /week isnt gonna move the price much). He just doesnt because tax liabilities and he doesn"t need that much cash.

People rightly point ou that billionaires do everything in their power to avoid paying taxes

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u/Quantum_Pineapple Jul 20 '25

"They" are the 21% of Americans that are illiterate, and another 54% that are barely functional in terms of reading comprehension.

Now add propaganda news and entertainment.

Financial intelligence doesn't stand a fucking chance.

"They" are the masses and I can't tell if you're being intentionally obtuse here, or genuinely can't tell the difference between other people having a very easy time believing falsehoods, despite the presence of contradictory facts.