Microsoft Bill Gates Reclaims Title of World's Richest Man

[Pristine20]

Lingyis said:

Pristine20 said:

MaxwellGT2000 said:
The guys that were ranked higher for a little while inflated their value higher just to get on the list, kind of a vain thing :P but they couldn't stay there cause they didn't have the businesses to keep them at the top and sustain them.

 

^This.

And when you put things in perspective, you realize how sad their action really are. Seriously, these guys still have billions. Many of them are richer than entire countries of people. It's pretty retarded to feel sorry for them especially when you realize that in order for a person to get rich, other people have to become poorer.

what?  seriously?  it's not a zero-sum game.

 

Yes it is. Resources are limited. The western world lives very "well" because most of the 3rd world languishes in poverty and there's a system put in place to keep it that way. Developed nations use over &)% of the world's resources...do you think the earth would be able to support all humans living this way? Why is the US worried about China becoming developed? Stop and think...

Now to an individual level. You do realize how people like Bill Gates get rich right? He owned the majority of a corporation. They sell Products which lots of people buy (thus making them poorer) at a PROFIT. It also really helps when one has a monopoply on a product that becomes a must-have to even exist in today's world. Doctors are highly paid professionals...read your bill when you get back from the hospital. Get it?