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President Donald Trump (No. 201) rises 118 spots in the ranks this year, during the first year of his second presidential term, after returning to The Forbes 400 list last year. Trump has an estimated net worth of $7.3 billion, up from $4.3 billion last year, as his lucrative foray into #cryptocurrency has added ten figures to his fortune.

#Forbes #richest #USA #trump

If only someone warned them. Wait.

We’re the #richest #society in #history because #markets #optimized #speed #scale and #extraction #faster than #accountability could evolve.

#Wealth didn’t #fail to prevent #environmental #collapse it #enabled #harms that are #delayed #invisible #involuntary and #cumulative

which #price #signals cannot #capture in time. #Property #rights and #contracts break down when #damage appears #decades later, after #executives rotate, #firms dissolve, and #exposure is #universal.

That’s not a lack of #freedom or too much #planning

It’s a time-scale mismatch between #markets and #biology . Environmental justice exists because by the time “true market penalties” arrive, the #damage is already #permanent

The “Top #100 #richest companies” are not #companies in the #traditional sense. #🧵

They are #systems

They don’t just sell products. They control access, standards, infrastructure, and flow.

That’s why their market value looks nothing like ordinary competition.