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Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani have both said that billionaires should not exist. This information from Grok tells us which countries meet that criteria, and which ones do not.
Wordpress ^ | July 6, 2025 | Dan from Squirrel Hill

Posted on 07/06/2025 5:39:47 PM PDT by grundle

Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani have both said that billionaires should not exist. This information from Grok tells us which countries meet that criteria, and which ones do not.

https://x.com/DanielAlmanPGH/status/1942015133875601709

#BernieSanders and #ZohranMamdani have both said that #BillionairesShouldNotExist.

This information from Grok tells us which countries meet that criteria, and which ones do not.#Socialism #DemocraticSocialism #Communism #Marxism #Capitalism #AynRand #Economics #Billionaires pic.twitter.com/L3qMsZI6ju— Daniel Alman from Squirrel Hill (@DanielAlmanPGH) July 7, 2025

I asked Grok:

Please list the per capita number of billionaires in each the following countries: the United States, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Eritrea, and Laos. Please rank the list starting with the higher per capita number of billionaires. For each country, list the name of the country, and the number of billionaires per capita. No long essay.


This is the answer that it gave:

Below is a ranked list of the per capita number of billionaires (per million people) for the requested countries, based on Forbes’ 2025 Billionaires List and 2025 population estimates.

Iceland: ~2.56 (1 billionaire, 0.39 million population)

Sweden: ~2.86 (30 billionaires, 10.5 million population)

United States: ~2.37 (813 billionaires, 343 million population)

Norway: ~2.18 (12 billionaires, 5.5 million population)

Singapore: ~1.80 (43 billionaires, 5.7 million population)

Denmark: ~1.67 (10 billionaires, 6.0 million population)

Finland: ~1.25 (7 billionaires, 5.6 million population)

Netherlands: ~0.67 (12 billionaires, 18 million population)

Germany: ~0.64 (54 billionaires, 84 million population)

France: ~0.63 (43 billionaires, 68 million population)

Canada: ~0.45 (45 billionaires, 42 million population)

United Kingdom: ~0.43 (45 billionaires, 67 million population)

Belgium: ~0.26 (3 billionaires, 11.7 million population)

Japan: ~0.24 (30 billionaires, 125 million population)

South Korea: ~0.19 (10 billionaires, 51 million population)

North Korea: 0 (0 billionaires, 26 million population)

Cuba: 0 (0 billionaires, 11 million population)

Venezuela: 0 (0 billionaires, 28 million population)

Zimbabwe: 0 (0 billionaires, 16 million population)

Eritrea: 0 (0 billionaires, 3.7 million population)

Laos: 0 (0 billionaires, 7.6 million population)

Notes:

Billionaire counts are sourced from Forbes 2025 or estimated based on recent trends.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sylvanlebrun/2025/04/01/the-countries-with-the-most-billionaires-2025/

Population figures are approximate for 2025 from World Bank and similar sources.

Countries with 0 billionaires (North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Eritrea, Laos) have no recorded billionaires due to economic or political constraints.

https://www.datapandas.org/

(end of Grok’s answer)


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; curtissliwa; kathyhochul; newyorkcity; nobodyaskedyou; vermont; zohranmamdani
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1 posted on 07/06/2025 5:39:47 PM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

Btt


2 posted on 07/06/2025 5:44:15 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: grundle

But they are fine with soros since he gives big bucks to commies and fake protestors


3 posted on 07/06/2025 5:44:25 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: grundle
I would challenge Grok: Why does it list Iceland: with ~2.56 ahead of Sweden with ~2.86?

Sometimes the correction of an error like this will cascade into the correction of other errors.

4 posted on 07/06/2025 5:48:22 PM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: grundle

The rulers of North Korea are billionaires—so Grok may have missed that one.


5 posted on 07/06/2025 5:50:58 PM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: grundle

No matter the country, the more billionaires the better.


6 posted on 07/06/2025 5:51:57 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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To: grundle
"Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani have both said that billionaires and millionaires should not exist. That includes both of you bastards. Why Bernie, Why? Please tell us. I am waiting.
7 posted on 07/06/2025 5:52:53 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: grundle
North Korea: 0 (0 billionaires, 26 million population)
Cuba: 0 (0 billionaires, 11 million population)
Venezuela: 0 (0 billionaires, 28 million population)
Zimbabwe: 0 (0 billionaires, 16 million population)
Eritrea: 0 (0 billionaires, 3.7 million population)

As usual the LLM that you rely on to try to get hits on your blog is full of nonsense.

Chia Dictator is a billionaire.

So are the leaders of all the other countries in question.

Castro was one of the twenty richest people in the world when the devil dragged him screaming to hell.

8 posted on 07/06/2025 5:54:39 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: grundle

They are fine with isms that have “equity” that makes everyone poor and stupid.

If they were really concerned about people they could use that same type of “equity” to just make EVERYONE billionaires. They would in fact demand it be done, if they truly cared. Look, people can live pretty good lives when they are a billionaire. Soros certainly agrees.

But see, then people like Soros wouldn’t be special. They wouldn’t have their power anymore. Not when “equity” makes everyone equal to them. Then they are just one voice of many again and no one has to listen to them anymore than anyone else.

They push “equity” when it drives standards down, when it lowers incomes of peoples, when it makes people dumber. Getting rid of advanced/honors classes. Changing standards for pilots, for firefighters, for the military. The absurdity of paying wnba players the same as nba players.


9 posted on 07/06/2025 5:57:09 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: grundle

LOL...”No long essay.” So you’ve learned Grok is a real windy windbag, too!

I keep the following handy in a text file. I’ll have to add “Don’t be a gasbag!”

Summarize it in html 2.0. No css. Do not tell me about html 2.0. Do not use title tag. Do not use the html tag. Do not use head tag. Do not use Body tag. Do not use /p tags. Use unordered list as required. Do not use h1, h2 or h3 tags. Do not use DOCTYPE HTML tag. Do not use “leans into,” “unpack,” or “vibe.”


10 posted on 07/06/2025 5:59:45 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: grundle

This is not a joke.

Do Bernie and Mamdani mean to kill billionaires or to steal all their money with confiscatory taxation?

In either case the billionaires won’t “exist.”

Similar to the withered monster Schumer saying the GOP will face consequences.

Then said “Oh, I always meant by future elections. Not violence.”


11 posted on 07/06/2025 6:06:11 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: T Ruth; cgbg

I’ve spotted errors like that in Grok quite frequently. Or serious omissions.

When I push back on it, it fixes the errors and includes the new information I provided. But the errors and omissions are troubling.


12 posted on 07/06/2025 6:08:20 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: grundle
Communists like Sanders and Mamdani should not exist. Their communist fantasy has destroyed multiple countries that attempted it.
13 posted on 07/06/2025 6:12:27 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: grundle

Bernie, should a politician own three homes? You cannot be in all three at the same time!


14 posted on 07/06/2025 6:17:33 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: T Ruth

the math is not too good. I just checked Canada
45 billionaires, 42 millions give 1.07.Well up there, between Finland and Netherlands.


15 posted on 07/06/2025 6:22:52 PM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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To: jimtorr

I think MILLIONAIRES LIKE BERNIE shouldn’t exist. Bernie should have to let people use his EMPTY MA SIONS when he isn’t in them. I need a vacation and would really like to stay RENT FREE in one of his mansions.


16 posted on 07/06/2025 6:36:14 PM PDT by Singermom
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To: grundle

We should only not allow lawyers to be billionaires.


17 posted on 07/06/2025 6:36:21 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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18 posted on 07/06/2025 6:53:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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To: grundle

If only all the young “skull full ‘o mush” voters in NYC cared about something besides “free stuff”.


19 posted on 07/06/2025 7:16:14 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

My experience with Grok is similar to yours.


20 posted on 07/06/2025 7:21:33 PM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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