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by malcolmgreaves 28 days ago
Even in his hypothetical, the founder is still not even earning a billion dollars. The actual people working to earn that collective billion are the employees.

> that you don't have to cheat to become a billionaire

I think he’s feeling some sort of way about this. He’s probably coming to terms with the fact that you do have to cheat to become a billionaire. Uber et al. showed you can just keep breaking the law and bribing officials to get to a billion quick. He and his buddies are currently having fun bribing Republican Party officials to make billions.