• wabasso@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    Yeah like my math on this is rusty, but say you were given $5000 a day for 10 days, starting when Columbus sailed in 1492. Assuming 2% annual interest isn’t it like ($5000*10)*(1+2%)^(2025-1492) = $1.9B

    Not endorsing billionaires, just pointing out this isn’t a great analogy.

    • DancingBear@midwest.social
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      3 days ago

      Yea, I guess we need to watch that new Netflix show about the billionaire killing serial killer to get better analogies 🤷‍♂️