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> They generally leave royalty, dictators, and similar abnormal situations off the lists Did not knew that but makes sense... Dictators essentially own entire
by sytelus 10y ago
> They generally leave royalty, dictators, and similar abnormal situations off the lists
Did not knew that but makes sense... Dictators essentially own entire country and their income is whole GDP. That would dwarf business billionaire many times over.
- lifeformed 10y agoBillionaires would still be near the top of the list if you compare them with dictatorship GDPs. ~80B puts you far above most small or poor countries.
- te_chris 10y agoSmall countries, but there's still quite a lot of corrupt bigger countries. Russia, Thailand, Malaysia are the first that come to mind.
- puranjay 10y agoDictators are dictators only as long as the military supports them. If you're the dictator of say, Egypt, and you decide to "sell" the Great Pyramids, I'm sure some people in the military would have a problem with that. The "absolute" power of dictators also comes with terms and conditions.