#495 AP book of science-- The Richest 60 persons on Earth as of June 2026// Economics - Sociology

[Archimedes Plutonium]

Well, I searched for how many dictators of countries of the world we have as of June 2026, and not surprised that the number is around 60 countries who have a dictator.

A dictator not only owns the country, but also owns the military of the country.

That means, the very most rich person on Earth today is Xi of China, and in second place is Putin of Russia.

The GDP of China is 21 trillion dollars, which means Xi is worth 21 trillion dollars, not counting his political and military power and his ownership of all of the land that is China.

The GDP of Russia is 3 trillion dollars, making Putin worth 3 trillion dollars, not counting his political and military power and his ownership of all the land that is Russia,  the largest land mass of 17 million square kilometers or 11% of Earth's landmass.

Where does Elon Musk with his Tesla auto and rockets of Space X fit into this picture?

He has no political, military power nor own a entire country. He fits in after the smallest country with a dictator in power. Probably some country in Africa???? Equatorial Guinea????  With 2 million people and landmass of 10,000 square kilometers that President Obiang Nguema is richer than Elon Musk will ever be rich.

Warning:: Richness has little to do with intellectual smartness. Witness:: Elon Musk pursuing the dinosaur antique rust bucket of dangerous blasting rockets when the future of space travel will be lithium ion with ion thruster drones.

Elon Musk is only 61 of the richest men on Earth. Are there any women on that list??? I do not know. Is there a woman dictator of some country, today????

[Archimedes Plutonium]

An obvious theme-- a country ruled by a dictator, in effect owns the country, and the people in it are more or less chattel to the whims of the dictator. The dictator owns the GDP of the country and all the land of the country. Any person within the dictator's country is at the mercy of the dictator.

The biggest asset of a dictator is the military and with the military, the dictator makes all the people in the country be chattel.

There are considered to be roughly 190 countries in the world today.

Of those 190, that 60 are dictator controlled, while 130 are considered Democratic. Roughly 1/3 of human population is run by a dictator.

So, what is the point of newspapers, magazines, news reports talking about richness, about wealth, when all that really matters is which country is run by a dictator.

When Forbes puts out its --- richest list --- that is mostly a farce, a laughable joke.

The 3 richest Humans today:

1- Xi of China

2- Putin of Russia

3- Kim Jong Un

[Archimedes Plutonium]

Space X valued at more than a trillion dollars --- and the world according to W.C. Fields has a fool borne every minute.

The day that a real scientist-engineer goes to northern tip of Greenland to take advantage of the Magnetic Field of North Pole and launches a DRONE that is fitted with lithium ion batteries and the MIT ion thruster, and that Drone flies all the way to the International Space Station ISS, all the way, is the day that Space X becomes obsolete and a antique junk, that not even the national museums care to house or show.

Musk cares more for money, than he cares for Blasting Rockets are antique dinosaur rust buckets that are dangerous as Hell.

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