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Think Musk the billionaire was bad? Brace yourself for Musk the trillionaire | Arwa Mahdawi

Think Musk the billionaire was bad? Brace yourself for Musk the trillionaire | Arwa Mahdawi
Business | The Guardian

Becoming the world’s first trillionaire is only going to supercharge this sense of impunity and bring us one step closer to full-blown oligarchy “Whoever said ‘money can’t buy happiness’ really knew what they were talking about,” Elon Musk wrote in February on Twitter/X, the social network he bought for $44bn . He capped the statement with a sad face emoji . Alas, Musk’s information is outdated. A 2024 study found a substantial difference in happiness between the wealthy and people who are low income. “A greater feeling of control over life can explain about 75% of the association between mone

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