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honestly its not really possible to compare wealth between generations so easily

should the number be judged in relation to proportion to total wealth in a society? to amount of power the individual has? it's basically meaningless

putin is objectively far more powerful than musk, he can control armies while musk can't, but musk has the highest level of technological sophistication of any billionaire around

The sad part about wealth nowadays is it doesn't go as far as you think. Bezos or Musk cannot build the types of libraries that Carnegie built in NYC, that's just no longer possible for individuals to do