> Who have far less in common with you or me than we both do with some random backend engineer at meta

Half the people on HN want to be the billionaires who are chummy with Zuck, Musk, etc

Temporarily embarrassed millionaires are one thing, but the last 15 years has shown that many American tech workers can get a small slice of the enourmous wealth.

When you've got $10m in assets, even if they return just 1% you are still getting more money than the average worker, at $100k a year.

However someone with $10b in assets is so far beyond you it's crazy. At 1% they are growing at $270k a day.

Actual growth is more like 10% than 1%. The wealthy make millions a day, and still want more. You can't spend that much no matter how much your gluttonous lifestyle is, not without significantly trampling on others.

Millionaires aren't like that, they're just free from financial concerns.