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[–] 2 points 3 months ago* (6 children)

I'm not saying Rockefeller is the benchmark, but being a historically rich man (600bn in today's money) he is a benchmark. One which Musk is not meeting.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    a benchmark in what way? you should just not be able to be that rich. he isn't a benchmark, he didn't work for his own money.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    I've just compared Musk to Rockefeller. He's a benchmark whether you like it or not.

    you should just not be able to be that rich

    That's a problem for society. Nothing to do with benchmarking.

    he didn't work for his own money

    No capitalist does. Even people earning interest on their 401k.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    This much wealth concentrated into one person is very wrong. Wealth leads to power and no one person should have that much power.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Sure. But that doesn't mean you can't compare musk to Rockefeller or use him as a benchmark.

    Using someone as a known benchmark doesn't mean they were good or bad, just that they're an established quantity. Rockefeller was wealthy beyond normal levels of wealth. It makes sense to use him as a comparison.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Totally agree. But that's the corporate sponsored capitalism that the US has voted for.

    Karl Marx predicted that free-market competition would inevitably result in monopolies and the concentration of massive productive forces under a single capitalist.

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