Jeff Bezos is worth approximately $277 billion. That number is so massive it's hard even to comprehend, so I decided to break it down.

We live in a time where wealth disparity has reached staggering levels, with billionaires wielding more power than many nations. We call our system a democracy, but is it really? When those with immense wealth control the levers of power—politics, media, and public discourse—can we still claim that the people rule? To understand this troubling trend, let’s compare one of the wealthiest figures in history, King Solomon, and one of the richest individuals today, Elon Musk.