mostly this.  guys like elon certainly have a great deal of liquid cash, dont get me wrong. but most of what he has isnt money; rather, its assets and investments that certainly have value which contributes to his net wealth, but its more potential than actual.  basically, whenever you see a number attached to a guys wealth, it means if he were to sell everything for what we value it at, and totally cash out of the entire system, this is probably what hed get. but no one ever does that. just like crypto-tards with their bitcoins. its functional value is literally zero until you sell it and cash out. you can talk about how much its worth all you want, but you dont actually have it until you actually have it. rich guys like elon are the same.  id love to know how much liquid money a guy like that really has. like, when he goes to a restaurant and pays with a credit card, then pays off his credit card bill every month from an account that has liquid money in it, i wonder how much is in that account. i bet its not as much as youd think.
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