30 Tweets Roasting "Self-Made" Billionaires

There is undoubtedly a obscene level of wealth inequality in America. The Pew Research Center reported that the richest families in the United States have experienced a greater gain in wealth than other families in recent decades.

This is a trend that boosts the growing collection of financial resources at the top. Not to mention, the wealth gap between America’s richest and poorer families more than doubled over the last 30 years.

For a bit of perspective, in 2018, households with some of the highest incomes had an income that were 12.6 times HIGHER than those households with some of the lowest incomes. This of course doesn’t really equate for those who sit at the tippy-top of the economic ladder: billionaires.

According to a recent article in Forbes, there were 2,153 billionaires, with the ultra-rich worth $8.7 trillion. And according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the 10 wealthiest individuals in the world are all worth more than $100 billion.

These numbers are completely mind-blowing and maybe even simply unbelievable, much like some of their “humble success stories.” And folks are getting tired of these fabricated rags-to-riches stories.

These people claim that “Self-Made” billionaires are actually nothing more than beneficiaries of nepotism. That the connections and money they’ve received from being related to someone in a powerful position.

Otherwise, would the billionaires we know today still be at the very top without generous loans or donations from their rich parents? Would they have succeeded without family on the board of a vast company or close to a high political figure?

We’ve snagged 30 tweets with some pretty thought-provoking arguments about it. Keep scrolling to see what they have to say.