A redditor has restored the debate about wealth inequality and the environmentally destructive behavior of the ultrawealthy after sharing an image of an almost brand new super yacht online.
Posting on the R/Yachtporn Subreddit, the Redditor showed a photo of what seemed to be the characteristic dark -colored luminance.
Photocredit: Reddit
The floating palace is the length of one and a half football fields at more than 138 meters (455 feet). Liver in 2024, includes Luminance 20 huts and can organize a maximum of 40 guests, while also housing no fewer than 24 crew members, per yacht charterflet.
Under the many facilities, Luminance has a teak deck, a beauty salon, a lift, a helicopter platform and a swimming pool, according to Yachtbuyer.
While some redditors were impressed by the overly luxury of the Megayacht, others expressed dismay about what the existence of the ship to the state of the world revealed.
“I find it difficult to understand this amount of wealth,” said a commentator.
“Just a hoarder again,” added another redditor.
Luminance is owned by Rinat Akhmetov, who, according to Forbes, is the richest man in Ukraine with a net value of almost $ 9 billion.
Like many hunting property of billionaires, Akhmetov made a lot of his huge fortune that was sold on planet heating, non-renewable, extracted fuels.
“The son of a coal miner, Akhmetov started to buy mining assets during the privatization age of the 90s,” Forbes said. Akhmetov was later also invested heavily in steel activities.
The colleague -corners of Akhmetov have experienced a lot of suffering and hardships since Russia invaded their country in February 2022, with a reported 500 of the employees of Akhmetov during the war, according to Forbes.
However, as luminance has shown, the war did not prevent Akhmetov to continue to live the extravagant lifestyle of a global elite. The ship cost Akhmetov about $ 500 million to build, per forbes.
In addition to being a symbol of enormous wealth inequality, the photo of the original poster of luminance also served as a reminder of the incredible toll that the lifestyle of the Superrich takes on the environment.
According to a report from Oxfam, one megayacht produces as many planet -warming pollution in a single year as the average person would generate in 860 years.
A redditor summarized the feelings of many and said, “Humanity is broken when we accept that some people can be so rich, while the vast majority suffer from just making ends meet.”
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