Vampire [any]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 days agoElon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX valuation passes $2tn in first stock market trading. The world's richest person now is 100× richer than the richest person in 2016www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up176
arrow-up176external-linkElon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX valuation passes $2tn in first stock market trading. The world's richest person now is 100× richer than the richest person in 2016www.theguardian.comVampire [any]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoIn the heartland, you can get that same house for 1/15 of that sticker price. There’s a baseline, and then there’s the waves of markup that the upper tier of the economy is coasting on.
minus-squarepeeonyou [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoDon’t I know it. I keep telling my partner that but she’s too afraid to leave because layoffs are the norm now and the next job almost assuredly won’t be a remote job.
In the heartland, you can get that same house for 1/15 of that sticker price.
There’s a baseline, and then there’s the waves of markup that the upper tier of the economy is coasting on.
Don’t I know it. I keep telling my partner that but she’s too afraid to leave because layoffs are the norm now and the next job almost assuredly won’t be a remote job.