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    4 days ago

    Seems like his bribes keep up with inflation.

    Inflation is generally more of a poor peoples problem, the rich don’t suffer like the rest of us. Lots of opportunities for the parasite class to steal even more wealth.

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        3 days ago

        Yes, but you have to look at the bigger picture: most ultra-wealthy people do not keep the bulk of their wealth in cash. Instead, their wealth is largely invested in assets such as shares, which can rise in value over time. When they need cash, they can often borrow against those assets rather than sell them

        They have people whose job it is to shift the wealth around according to the current situation. They are unlikely to suffer with the rest of us.

        Take Corona: the super rich got much wealthier while we and the economy went down.