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Mansa Musa is said to have been so wealthy he crashed the economy of Egypt by giving away gold. Extremely wealthy people is not a new phenomenon. Maybe monar
by catalogia 6y ago
Mansa Musa is said to have been so wealthy he crashed the economy of Egypt by giving away gold. Extremely wealthy people is not a new phenomenon. Maybe monarchs don't count because they're so wealthy they own entire countries outright? It seems to me that makes them more wealthy, not less.
- throwawaygh 6y ago> Mansa Musa That's a bit of a confusing thing, though, because he was also the emperor. (OT: I often wonder if his story is well-known in tech circles because of the end date of his reign.)
- catalogia 6y ago> That's a bit of a confusing thing, though, because he was also the emperor. That's kind of my point though; owning an empire is an extreme form of wealth, well beyond what any of the American tech billionaires have.