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Post by abbey1227 on Jun 4, 2023 14:04:59 GMT
This is Smaug, the dragon from The Hobbit. Smaug famously stole a mountain full of gold. So full that he sleeps buried under gold. We're talking literal tons and tons of gold by weight. Forbes ranks Smaug as the second wealthiest fictional character. He had been first, but the price of gold took a tumble and now his vast, overwhelming fortune is only worth an estimated $51,400,000,000.00, or $51.4 billion. That means that EVEN THOUGH he has an ENTIRE MOUNTAIN full of almost nothing but solid gold, Smaug would rank as the FIFTEENTH wealthiest American. Fourteen Americans have more money than a gold- I hoarding dragon. Please consider that next time you say deca- billionaires deserve their wealth and shouldn't pay their employees living wages.
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Anyone remember what Smaug had for an employment plan? :P
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Post by merh on Jun 4, 2023 14:35:18 GMT
This is Smaug, the dragon from The Hobbit. Smaug famously stole a mountain full of gold. So full that he sleeps buried under gold. We're talking literal tons and tons of gold by weight. Forbes ranks Smaug as the second wealthiest fictional character. He had been first, but the price of gold took a tumble and now his vast, overwhelming fortune is only worth an estimated $51,400,000,000.00, or $51.4 billion. That means that EVEN THOUGH he has an ENTIRE MOUNTAIN full of almost nothing but solid gold, Smaug would rank as the FIFTEENTH wealthiest American. Fourteen Americans have more money than a gold- I hoarding dragon. Please consider that next time you say deca- billionaires deserve their wealth and shouldn't pay their employees living wages.
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Anyone remember what Smaug had for an employment plan? :P
Smaug was a thief. He stole all his gold. It was also jewels |
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Post by abbey1227 on Jun 4, 2023 14:37:52 GMT
Please consider that next time you say deca- billionaires deserve their wealth and shouldn't pay their employees living wages.
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Anyone remember what Smaug had for an employment plan? :P
Smaug was a thief. He stole all his gold. It was also jewels
Maybe he simply thought of it as 'redistributing' the gold to himself?
You posted 3 things.........but not the answer to my question?
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Post by averagejoe2021 on Jun 4, 2023 16:55:59 GMT
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Post by merh on Jun 4, 2023 17:26:29 GMT
Smaug was a thief. He stole all his gold. It was also jewels
Maybe he simply thought of it as 'redistributing' the gold to himself?
You posted 3 things.........but not the answer to my question?
His employment was theft. Unless you consider people giving him gold to appease him from burning their village as employees & not victims of a protection racquet. |
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Post by theBROKEdontrump on Jun 4, 2023 20:00:41 GMT
0% unemployment by burning everything in a 20 mile radius of his mountain....
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Jun 4, 2023 20:36:39 GMT
Anyone remember what Smaug had for an employment plan?This 
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Post by lunda2222 on Jun 4, 2023 20:36:50 GMT
A very small collection. Mithril was never mined in Erebor. The Dwarves he looted it from got it from Moria and they managed to take precious little of that with them when they fled the Balrog.
It's possible the chain mail Bilbo was given was the extent of mithril in those halls.
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Jun 4, 2023 20:38:33 GMT
0% unemployment by burning everything in a 20 mile radius of his mountain.... That’s how got his riches. Git’me all your gold and I’ll not burn you alive. |
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Post by averagejoe2021 on Jun 4, 2023 20:39:45 GMT
A very small collection. Mithril was never mined in Erebor. The Dwarves he looted it from got it from Moria and they managed to take precious little of that with them when they fled the Balrog.
It's possible the chain mail Bilbo was given was the extent of mithril in those halls.
True... but it was worth more than the entirety of the Shire. And let's not forget...a lot of jewels including the Arkenstone which was worth 1/14 of the entire fortune there. |
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Post by theBROKEdontrump on Jun 4, 2023 20:40:25 GMT
A very small collection. Mithril was never mined in Erebor. The Dwarves he looted it from got it from Moria and they managed to take precious little of that with them when they fled the Balrog.
It's possible the chain mail Bilbo was given was the extent of mithril in those halls.
The Balrog that Gimli somehow had no idea existed when he gleefully exclaimed they would be welcomed with open arms by Balin? Do dwarves not talk to each other? |
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Jun 4, 2023 20:42:57 GMT
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Post by averagejoe2021 on Jun 4, 2023 20:43:11 GMT
A very small collection. Mithril was never mined in Erebor. The Dwarves he looted it from got it from Moria and they managed to take precious little of that with them when they fled the Balrog.
It's possible the chain mail Bilbo was given was the extent of mithril in those halls.
The Balrog that Gimli somehow had no idea existed when he gleefully exclaimed they would be welcomed with open arms by Balin? Do dwarves not talk to each other? Good question. They are a rather isolated bunch. Often they would just hole up in the mountains and remain separate from the world. Given their lifespans were so long, they could and would often spend years in isolation. The expedition to reclaim Moria had happened some time ago but the timeframe where there was no word was not unheard of. They indeed did not keep in regular contact. |
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Post by Lux on Jun 4, 2023 20:45:15 GMT
Benedict Cumberbatch voiced him well in the movie and he better be getting a cut of the profits.
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Post by winstonwolfe on Jun 4, 2023 20:46:07 GMT
He also said all of Middle Earth would end up like Mordor if he had to part with 0.00006% of this wealth.
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