I just call it for what it is, an addiction. One who's victims are in the hundreds of millions if not billions, and they are the number one enemy to the world.

> I personally can’t imagine caring about more money past a certain amount, but I think the process of becoming that wealthy weeds out people like us who don’t want it enough.

I’ve known a couple guys who had way more money than you’d think, based on their apparent standard of living. Like, he had a nice car, but you don’t get the first hints until you realize his car has every last bell an whistle and then some custom stuff too.

And then you notice his suits when he’s not wearing random anime and band t-shirts… but you had to be paying attention. Nothing about his attitude or everyday demeanor screamed “independently wealthy for several lifetimes.”

So those people do exist, but yeah I think there’s some sort of critical moral inflection point that 99% of the ultra-rich fail along the way.

If you own 51% of a company, and that company ends up making billions, and the stock is then valued as such, the media will call you "billionaire" - but that money isn't real as long as you don't sell a fraction your ownership.