I use a straight razor! I think I spent ~100 USD on it… forgot the brand/make, but with a decent water stone + leather strop most half-decent straight razors can be honed to be quite good

I only use it for face shaving. Because I wanted something that is both 1) highly effective (want to go for a 100% clean look) and 2) environmentally friendly… I started off with a safety razor too, later upgraded to the straight razor since it is as eco-friendly as it gets, no need for shaving cream/cartilages/etc. The razor was pretty cheap all things considered and the plastic handle has already fallen off, but the blade itself still works like new

Downside is 1) a bit more annoying to use as it has to be honed every time, and 2) much higher risks of accidental injury especially for beginners

I am considering getting an electric something for shaving other parts of the body though

I think it goes this way

• Least: Probably a tie between most liberal arts majors. I can’t rank them, but methinks none of these directly lead to employable skills 😂 (which sucks because I think they are wonderful for a well-rounded education)
• Really bad: “Pre-X” (pre-med, pre-law, …). The majors themselves are honestly quite adaptable to most white-collar jobs. But their fields carry the stereotype of requiring a super-advanced (often doctorate) degree, so probably high chances of underemployment
• Bad: whatever major that was previously the part of a boom/bubble, so currently probably stuff like IT/data science. Great all-around majors that probably suffer from extremely lopsided demand-supply after the bubble pops

My personal dislike for Tesla/SpaceX aside, they do employ 6-digit numbers of workers and make impactful real-life products, so Musk’s companies themselves would be worth a metric fuckton of money (maybe comparable to Honda/Toyota?) no matter what. But they are also somewhat overvalued on top of their already high inherent worth

And on top of this, Musk has really large stakes in his companies… I don’t know the exact details, but I don’t think it’s common for a CEO to own 20% of their company outright. So these together made Musk the richest person

If I am being pedantic, technically the richest entities in the world are countries and their governments… Basically like your examples suggested. No private company in the world can spend as much as the world’s largest countries. So by extension, leaders of dictatorships are arguably “richer” because they essentially own their country. Case in point, the House of Saud has a total net worth of ~1.4T USD