Doctors, lawyers, business executives are closer to "regular people" than those people are to billionaires.

googlryas 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Okay, but it doesn't mean they're regular people. Owning a single one of those plots out them in the 1% of household net worth, even if they had 0 other assets.

	▲	xmprt 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ok but what does that contribute to the conversation? I think a good enough definition for regular people is if the average person can achieve that title with talent and hard work more than luck (not that luck doesn't also play a major factor). Whereas becoming a billionaire has a lot more to do with luck than hard work (even though hard work still plays a factor).

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foxyv 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Billionaires are so rich that dermatologists and plastic surgeons look like old man Carl from "Up." Welcome to the oligarchy!

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potato3732842 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The gulf between well paid white collar workers and regular people is so massive which is "closer" depends mostly on which billionaire you're measuring.