The Richest Men Are Not Really Rich

They’re just gamblers holding racing slips

Tony Soprano, the degenerate gangster gambler, with Pie-Oh-My, his ill-fated racehorse (via)

It’s important to understand a basic fact hidden under a bunch of complicated details. The stock market is bet on the future. The people it makes rich do not have money in their pockets, they just have racing slips. It’s the same as a bunch of people gambling on horses, except the race never ends.