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Presenting The Most Ridiculous Things Ever Bought By Billionaires
Despite the protestations of an indignant Ben Bernanke, seven years of global QE have not only failed to ignite the illusory "trickle down" wealth effect but have in fact served to widen the gap between the rich and the poor the world over.
The explanation for this phenomenon is simple: when you deliberately inflate the value of the assets most likely to be concentrated in the hands of the wealthy, the class divide will grow in lockstep.
Perhaps the best evidence of the above can be found on Wall Street where Jamie Dimon and Lloyd Blankfein have now become billionaires. Because we wanted to do our part to help Jamie and Lloyd decide what to buy now that their wealth is virtually inexhaustible, we present the following video which counts down the 10 most absurd examples of conspicuous consumption in modern history.
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What? Where are the politicians?
Notice that none of them have bought Bitcoin?
... no Red Shields? ...
... wait, they are Trillionaires ... nevermind ... ;)
That's why they bought Reuters, AP and everything else... So they don't end up on lists like these.
Precisely.
Why do you think those websites dont allow comments.
I dunno. The IKEA guy seems down to earth, amirite?
Agreed.
There are many in the U.S. who, after living through the Great Depression, lived incredibly frugal lifestyles afterwards and as a result, amassed huge fortunes.
Line up all the denizens of Cap-i-TOOL hill and THAT is the strangest things that billionaires ever bought....
Ugly as fuck too..
Ingvar Kamprad is a cheapass and... also a former member of the swedish nazi party. So there's that.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/8720214/IKEA-founder-wa...
You know, James Cole gets shot at the end of the movie-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gaAdhiF77g
Ingvar Kamprad was a member of the swedish nazi-party when he was 17 years old in 1943 at a time when we knew absolutely nothing about german war crimes. Since he has german ancestors it is not surprising that he supported Germany and its regime in wartime before we got knowlege of theri warcrimes. May I remind You that there were several americans including a certain Joseph Kennedy that also supported the nazis before their warcrimes became known....
Mr Kamprad is a selfmade multibillionaire who started with two empty hands and in his lifetime has built up the worlds largest furniture business. Before he converted his personal ownership of Ikea into a trust Forbes estimated his fortune to 33 billion USD. A fortune that at the time made him the fourth richest person in the world according to Forbes. According to estimates by some swedish business magazine his fortune may have been more then double that amount.
And yes, he is a very original entrepreneur and admired by us swedes for his success in combination with his frugal way of life. I would never call him a "cheapass".
Ever watch "American Blackout" https://youtu.be/FYoXxVnTePA
So much for BitCon then.
I love the part when one guy offers another guy a Rolex watch for a gallon of water and the guy says, "What the fuck am I going to do with a watch?"
"I love the part when one guy offers another guy a Rolex watch for a gallon of water and the guy says, "What the fuck am I going to do with a watch?""
OK, then, what about some Ikea Furniture? If you willing to throw in a can of beans, I'll even assemble the chair for you, Deal? :)
Where is the part of the job involving blowing?
Forget the politicians, where are the bankers on this list...
.....it's funny-cause it doesn't follow us when we leave...
watch/learn/enjoy for yourself...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y7ah7a6BmQ
Please limit your choices to the ridiculous. Purchased politicians is not ridiculous, it is their purpose.
Congress should be top of the list.
Israel has it figured out...
Haim Saban owns the democrips and Sheldon Addleson has the rebloodlicans.
Woohoo, USA USA!
We be gettin' fooked.
Enjoy goyim
ASSholes except for Mr. Ikea....
Unless you're one of those who still thinks exploiting tax loopholes is an asshole move, in which case you may be interested to know that "Mr. Ikea" set up a charitable foundation and much of the Ikea company revenue is funnelled through that, so as to avoid taxes.
I however congratulate his innovation in avoiding paying for new "toys" for the psychopath politicians.
Now, don't hang on. Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky. It slips away, and all you money won't another minute buy. Dust in the wind. All we are is dust in the wind...
I want my own aircraft carrier.
In pink.
Your attack jet fighters better be transgender
Agree. I will declare my carrier a sovereign nation.
I also want a pygmy giraffe.
I want a motorboat with 3 propellers.
-Ralph Kramden
Nobody else here is old enough to remember this one
There's a few of us here that remember watching "The Honeymooners" with Jackie Gleason and Art Carney.
"To the moon, Alice!"
Doesn't really matter what they own, the ending is the same for them as it is for the guy living under a cardboard box under a bridge.
True, but it's what you do before the end comes that's important.
The destination is the same.
The quality of the transport seems to vary quite a bit, however.
True, but they're very different rides to that end.
I disagree. First we all get 24/7, no more or less. We all move through it 1 moment at a time. We all have pretty much the same range of emotional capacity, everybody has a best and a worst memory. The guy in the cardboard box might be Diogenes, the billionaire, Alexander (Tsipras). Diogenes amused himself well, masturbating in public and publically ridiculing Plato (Krugman) at every opportunity. His neighbors brought him food. They even brought him a new barrel to live in. Sleeping outdoors in the Greek climate was easy. He may have had some issues (~.~) but he lived happily, within his means, many more years than poor Alexander (Tsipras), whose job ran his life and eventually got on top of him. They are both equally immortal in the chronicles.
There are some things money can't buy. We all want these too. The herd impels us toward the agenda of its alphas, so we take some of these for granted. Control of our lives - freedom. Productive relationships. Nurturing relationships. Satisfaction with where we are and where our lives are headed. A stable, predictable community. Opportunity conducive with our ambition, our aptitudes and our interests. Time to play. Justice. Revenge.
Look at the biggest yacht contest. This may be playful competition, but it may also be Carlin's "bigger dick" foriegn policy theory, in which case the man in the cardboard box who is happy with what he has, has something the driven guys don't. Obviously they have something he doesn't, so in the end its all a matter of preference. He's happy to live in a box, they are happy to work harder and play even harder.
If you get your values from outside, say from TV or that girl you want so much to bed who gets her values from TV, and you don't have the means to live those unrealistic, marketing Criminal instilled hyper-materialistic values, then you won't be happy no matter how many affordable * vouchers Crazy Barry gets for you. The box is in your head.
Well said.
Diogenes was Krsna. So was Alexander.
So am I. So are you. So is V.
Roll with it.
On bank hours we do business. This is weekend chemistry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FeXUvEFanU&feature=youtu.be Maybe Jamie & Lloyd will find time to watch this, tick tock.
Mr. "Ikea" gets my vote.
I am so glad that these incredible heroes did not cave to the public pressure of the accusations of superficial selfish retard tyrant children AND NOT pledge these funds instead to mitigating the ravages of global poverty, starvation and disease. Once again....Kudos gentlemen!!
"What? Where are the politicians?"
The list only addresses expensive things. Politicians are relatively inexpensive to purchase.
High-end prostitutes cost more on an annual basis than a congresscritter, and their trade is certainly a more honest one.
Alwaleed is Holder!
Holder is Alwaleed!
I like the last guy, reminds me of my depressionary time relatives. Of course who would want the sultan of brunei name and money, and islands to write your name on would be a treat. But I still like the last guy, hes a classic, drop him anywhere anytime and hed still be a classic. The rest are prized whippets who break out in hives if a cheerio falls on the ground.
re: That 20 story high-rise 'home' near the slums of Mumbai. Talk about a target with his name on it! Hope he's got 10 billion dollar subterranean safe room.
Well, there are a a whole battalion of servants - maybe there's an armory somewhere in that place.
Not ridiculous at all. How else do you save your wealth? US dollars?
Super producers need to put weath in tangibles in a fiat world gone crazy. Gold is priced too low to store wealth in it for now, but Freegold will change all that!
"Gold is priced too low to store wealth in it for now, but Freegold will change all that!"
WTF?!! Back the truck up NOW. This is the time to be buying gold/silver/lead.
#1President Baraq Obama
30 million for daVinci's notebook. I can see that. Right smart of Bill to pick that up. I'm a few million short of that (30 million short to be exact) but that would be cool to own. Far better value that the 20k haircut or some of that crap "art".
I like the video ending on a high note.
However, I notice all these billionaires spent on things that are actually ugly, apart from that ridiculous massive yacht.
Before everybody gets too envious, don't forget that the rich gujys don't have the money. It changed hands, mostly into the hands of blue collar people who built these things.
Here, have another glass of kool-aid.
#11 Controlling block of Enron.
#12 Controlling block of Solyndra
#14 to infinity Anything sold by Corzine, Madoff, Goldman, JPM, Bitcoin, Federal Reserve.
(Yes it is a wannabe list, if you can dream it, it can happen.)
Being Q99X2 I could only watch the first two identity deficients before recognizing these were some of the ones with most wanted posters on them back on Q99X2. The posters have anticipated flaming launch dates from the tops of the 12 pyramids of justice on Q99X2 for late this year early 2016. I don't know if they'll be transmitting the events back to earth or not. If so you'll be able to see the bearded drag queens on fire flying for the length of about 5 football fields across the night sky.
How about a top ten list of the dumbest things ever bought by the stupid peasants.
Here's one for ya, it's called the PET ROCK!
Classmate of mine paid 5 dollars for a fucking rock.
Best thing billionaires ever bought: The GOP.
Yeah, because that's the only party they own. Freaking idiot.
Only the haircut is really ridiculous. Oh and the moron who had his name trenched into that island yet that is more ridiculous because of how stupid some humans are thinking they are gods.
The rest is fine. What are people supposed to do with their money? Be like that Ikea guy and be a miser? What the fuck is the point of making money if you aren't ever going to spend it? For some ego boost? If you have no real need for all that money like that Ikea guy then just give it away right away. Being a miser is worse than those who flaunt their wealth with expensive things.
It's annoying when people who aren't wealthy bitch and moan about what wealthy people do with their money. I'd rather see billionaires buying expensive stuff than being misers like the Ikea guy.
This also goes for others who may not be that rich but have 7+ figure net worths and don't actually use their money. Why did you work for all of it in the first place?
The Government.