Zohran Mamdani’s reaction to Elon Musk becoming World’s 1st Trillionaire: “Reason No. 1 Trillion why we should tax the rich.”

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    1. That amount of wealth is just obscene but society treats it as an accomplishment and aspirational.

    2. “If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people He gives it to.”

    3. “Trillionaire” aka his companies are valued as such, but its all smoke and mirrors. Tomorrow when stocks drop he’s back down etc

    4. Remember when he had lost a bunch of money and the media wanted us to care

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    5. Lancaster1983 on

      Whenever someone seems to not grasp how much a billion dollars is, I ask this:

      How many days do you think are in a million seconds? (it’s 11.57 days)

      Now, how many days are in a billion seconds? (31.68 years)

      … with simple math, you know that a trillion seconds is 31,688 years. The point is that the difference between a million and a billion is extreme. The difference between a billion and a trillion is astronomical.

    6. langstonrosas on

      And how does this help America? Is that money going to modernize our infrastructure?

    7. ConcentrateKind8234 on

      Both companies with significantly inflated valuations btw. None of the true value attributable to each company is real

    8. Misanthropiccantlope on

      Nobody achieves this amount of wealth (or anything >8 figures really) without being a selfish asshole and exploiting others

    9. **Never forget**: “In a November 2013 email, Epstein offered to send Musk a private helicopter to transport him to the island and asked, “how many people will you be for the heli to island?” Musk responded that it would be just him and Riley and asked, “What day/night will be the [wildest party](https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01998027.pdf) on your island?”

      [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/epstein-files-show-elon-musk-planned-visit-to-island-host-at-spacex.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/epstein-files-show-elon-musk-planned-visit-to-island-host-at-spacex.html)

    10. I can’t wait for this all to come down crashing around him. Might break my sobriety for a toast(I won’t, but thought about it)😂

    11. Why is it? We never have a current picture of Elmo. We just have this old one and we know he’s about 100 pounds heavier since that picture was taken.

    12. Broad-Radish-7895 on

      Frankly these losers need to be grateful we’re just calling to tax them.

    13. princess_sourcandy on

      Even just a tiny fraction can end world hunger, fund schools, cancer research etc I can go on and on but I fear him becoming this rich is just another goal post for other evillionaires to reach.

    14. BystanderMudblood on

      Congrats everyone, we made the most horrible person a trillionaire. 🙌🏼

    15. Humans cannot easily comprehend numbers this big. Here’s some perspective:

      We all know what 1 second feels like. We know what 60 seconds or 1 minute feels like.

      1 million seconds = ~11.5 days

      1 billion seconds = ~31.7 **years**

      1 trillion seconds = **~31,688 years**

      If Elon Musk lost a dollar a day (and gained 0 money) it would take him over 30 THOUSAND YEARS to lose all his money.

    16. Dittopotamus on

      Remember when Elon was on tv crying because we all protested at Tesla dealership from his doge bs? How did we go from that to this in such a short time? Why are we not making a fuss about this like we did with that?

    17. We’re so far beyond “tax the rich” at this point. No one should be able to amass this much wealth. But the ruling class won’t let us ever tax them fairly anyway, which makes it a futile phrase.