• xthexder@l.sw0.com
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    9 months ago

    The context of that quote is a little lost, because these days with inflation and housing prices, just owning your own home probably makes you a millionaire.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I think you meant to reply to my other response where I quoted William Jennings Bryan. If so, you’re right, the number has changed. $1M in 1896 is the equivalent of $36.5M today. But it certainly applies to billionaires, and we were talking about them, so I felt that it was relevant.