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The Billionaire Space Race
This month, the world is watching with bated breath as Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Virgin’s Richard Branson dash toward the finish line in the space race of the 21st century. Since the dawn of time, man has looked to the sky and wondered: Who will be the first billionaire in space? The wait is now over.
Jeff Bezos exploring the universe (Image composition credit: WSWS Media)
Never mind the fact that 250 million more people live in extreme poverty than in early 2020, according to the World Bank, or that 1.5
billion informal workers living on the margins of society lost most or all of their income last year. This week, in some unknown hospital located somewhere on this planet, the 4 millionth person died of the coronavirus.