• mosspiglet@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    A lot people can earn a million dollars by scrimping and saving for years. This includes many everyday working people who happen to make a decent salary. A billionaire only gets there by exploitation and taking advantage of others, you can’t save up a billion dollars by having a good job and being thrifty. If somebody works a job for 30 years, saves, and then wants to buy a boat to retire on then good for him. They are not the enemy.

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      4 months ago

      Someone who owns $1 million is maybe like 5 years away from complete bankruptcy if they drop $200k to purchase a boat.

      There is a reason people say that boats are “a hole in the water to throw your money into”. They cost a literal fortune to maintain.

      Nobody with “just” $1 million can afford to buy and maintain a $200,000 boat.