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And if you worked from 16 til retirement (67 ish in more and more countries), 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, having a few weeks off...
and earnt $1,000,000 (1 million) an hour -- you'd still not have earnt 1/3rd of what Musk has.
For comparison, most in "rich" countries, earn $15-60 an hour.
The truly rich countries are those where the wage slave system as a concept is entirely abolished, in favour of a gift economy.
Richness is measured not in dollars, euros, or even renminbi; but in the availability of basic needs such as food, water, housing, education, and a healthy environment.