The international couple, who Ryan say split their time between Europe and New York City and are self-made, also bought the lot next door for an additional $7,500,000 to build a guest house and tennis courts.

The buyers were able to purchase the home because Whistler is exempt from a new law that prohibits foreigners from buying homes in Canada.

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          The journalists who write op-eds that gush about rich people are often rich people (or are the spouses of wealthy individuals).

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          You understand that global economic stability relies on people gambling their lives on a dream, right? Well, that and pure willful ignorance.

          What would the journalists do? Try to explain that to people, and that nobody has figured out a way to fix it yet?

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            It’d be a start at least.

            There are a few independent news sources that do this tho. They just don’t get the traffic MSM does.

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      Hey man it was me that took my dad’s $6m loan. It was also me that showed up to the interview with the bank manager he set up who is also a close friend of his. And it was me that signed the papers.

      I worked my ass off to get to where I am today. None of which would have been possible without all the hard work I had to do! What a risk I took!

      So yeah, self made millionaires totally exist! I’m living proof.

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      Unless you printed the money yourself you’re not “self made” you got your money from other people. To get that money you depended on a society that is wealthy enough and connected enough to be capable of giving you millions of dollars in exchange for whatever you’re selling. Most of that capacity, both in baseline social wealth (health, education, and stability) is paid for through taxes. TAX THE RICH UNTIL THEY PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.

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    They’re talking kind of three months in the summer and two to three weeks in the winter for skiing.

    To drop 32 million on a house (which is mind bogglingly in and of itself) and only spend three months in it? Motherfuckers out there with way too much goddamn money. That’s ridiculous.

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      Yup. $39.5 mil when you include they purchased the lot next door too.

      Never mind the fact the gov’t didn’t include Whistler in the new foreign ownership rules. 😠

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    Worked myself to exhaustion to survive for about 15 years now. I’ve probably earned around a hundredth of that value.

    I’m sure they’ve worked as hard as I’ve worked for about 1500 years. Or worked a hundred times harder every day in order to buy this house.

    Man, rich people work really hard! I must be so fucking stupid and lazy.

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      Even someone on the sunshine list (100k) would need to work for 320 years to gross that amount.

      A cardiothoric surgeon (highest paid medical professional in Canada) would need to work 53-80 years to gross that amount.

      Two cardiothoric surgeons who live together, assuming AB taxes, would need to work for 64 years each to net that amount.

      So the two hardest working (by pay) people in this country together could not afford this house in their lifetimes.

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        This really puts into perspective not only how ridiculous the price of this mansion is, but also the general state of complete and utter insanity that the real estate market finds itself in today. And the saddest thing is that this is not just a BC thing or even a Canada thing…real estate is being priced out of the hands of common working folks in most of the western world.

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      I know your joking but in case people don’t get it: rich comes from luck, not from hard work.

      Don’t work any harder than you have to, thinking it helps. It doesn’t change the statistical chance of you becoming rich.

      Many people will say you can help along the luck. Those people are dumb.