• DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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      14 hours ago

      Nope, totally different.

      Look at the price of Super Bowl tickets.

      First Bowl tickets were $10.00. This year they were going for $6,000.00

      Top luxury car in 1960 was $7,500.00 for a sports car and $35,000.00 for a Rolls or Bentley. Most expensive car today is $30 million.

      The rich have gotten much, much richer and ‘need’ to spend more so people will notice.

      • rockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafe
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        48 minutes ago

        That’s how you can tell Discworld is a work of fiction. It has rich people that are actually sensible about their wealth