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Billionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime. (www.oxfam.org)

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You definitely can not become a millionaire on YOUR hard work. It takes the hard work of other people working for you. And unless you over charging for their work or under paying them for their work, you aren't going to be making millions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I disagree, since the Internet allows indie studios for things like music and games to reach a massive audience. Selling your indie game that you made with your friends for $20 to 300k people makes you a millionaire without exploiting anyone. As long as you can avoid publishers leeching most of that away... Plenty of people also have become millionaires just by selling their house and moving somewhere cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I made millions by buying bitcoin years ago. Who did I exploit?

[–] qaz 3 points 1 month ago

You could say others who bought in later than you, but regardless I wouldn't really classify that as "hard work".