Billionaires Are
Anti-Capitalist

Capitalism requires competition, circulation, and opportunity.
Billionaire-level wealth concentration destroys all three.

Scroll to see why

How Big Is a Billion?

We hear "million" and "billion" and think they're in the same neighborhood. They are not.

$1 Million (1,000 dots × $1,000 each)
$0
Each dot = $1,000
$1 Billion (1,000,000 dots — keep scrolling)

Buy a new Mercedes S-Class ($120k) every single day.

Millionaire
Broke in 8 days
Billionaire
Keep going for 22.8 years
1 million seconds = 11.6 days
1 billion seconds = 31.7 years

Where the Money Is

The money went to the top — and it's breaking the economy.

Top 1%
30.5%
Next 9%
36%
Next 40%
31%
Bottom 50%
2.5%

Since 1989, the top 1%’s wealth grew from

$0T
1989
→
$0T
Today

A 327% increase — while median household wealth barely kept pace with inflation.

Wages vs. Productivity (1979–present)

Productivity (+64.7%) Hourly pay (+14.8%)

Source: Economic Policy Institute

$17.9T
US household debt (2024)

When wages don’t keep up, people borrow to maintain spending — credit cards, auto loans, medical debt. This is artificial demand that eventually collapses.

61% → 50%
Share of adults in middle-income households (1971 → 2023)

The engine of consumer capitalism is getting smaller every decade.

How It Breaks Capitalism

Free markets require competition, circulation, and accountability. Billionaire-scale wealth eliminates all three.

1

Monopoly by Acquisition

60% of billionaire wealth comes from inheritance, monopoly, or crony connections — not innovation.

Billionaires don't compete — they acquire competitors or use scale to crush them. When one player can buy the entire game, it's not a free market anymore.

2

Buy, Borrow, Die — Money Doesn't Circulate

Effective billionaire tax rate: 8.2%

Billionaires hold assets, borrow against them tax-free, and pass them on with a stepped-up basis. Wealth compounds without ever entering the tax system or the real economy. Small businesses create 2/3 of all new jobs — but can't access capital while trillions sit in passive holdings.

3

Money Buys Policy

100 billionaire families spent $2.6B in the 2024 elections

Billionaires are 4,000x more likely to hold office. They write the tax code that protects their wealth.

91%
Top marginal rate, 1950s–60s
Era of greatest middle-class expansion
37%
Top marginal rate, today
Effective billionaire rate: 8.2%

We've Done This Before

We’ve been here before — and we chose differently.

Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt — they built empires that swallowed industries whole. The response wasn’t to admire them. It was the Sherman Antitrust Act, trust-busting under Teddy Roosevelt, and eventually the New Deal.

We broke up monopolies. Built the largest middle class in human history through progressive taxation, labor protections, and public investment. These weren’t anti-capitalist policies — they were pro-capitalist policies that made markets actually work.

Different choices are possible. Breaking up concentrated power isn’t radical — it’s what capitalism requires to function.