He's Dutch-German, not English.

What a waste of money....

The article I linked said he was raised in the UK

this

Being raised in the UK doesn't necessarily make you English (or British), and that same article describes the family as Dutch-German.

As a model nerd, I really love this.

As a human that realizes $24 million could do a lot for underprivileged Canadians, it sort of makes me sick.

Yeah it’s pretty gross how out of touch these people are

It is their choice to do whatever they want with their money

You have an obligation with that much money to make the world a better place. It’s very out of touch not to do so

That is your world view. Unfortunately, everyone has different opinions on how they want to manage their assets.

The irony of your comment is worth noting. Scale. A model of scale and a net worth of scale. The 45mm he’s using to create this protect is only 2.25% of his total net worth. While the 45mm is a staggering sum, an estimate of his worth at $2bb is low and the amount committed to this project by percentage of his net worth is low. For example ~$30 on coffee per week yields a 2% allocation per year on a 75k salary. So maybe it’s just coffee money to him.

Well, you could go work for the guy and donate a portion of your income... or donate more of what you have now (money or time).

I see eccentric rich people being better than investment-rich rich people. They fund a lot of arts and science.

fuck that noise. They didn’t make that money in a vacuum, no matter what bootstraps bullshit they espouse. They had the benefit of living in a society, with all the infrastructure, support, and benefits that entails. They have an obligation to give back to that society.

Cool, tax him 95% of his wealth or the top 17% of his body, idgaf which one.

But does his scale model of Canada include a scale model of the scale model of Canada?

You have to understand that not everyone is a millennial reddit socialist like you. In the real world, people with this view are laughed at. But enjoy your safe space

Where do you think the money goes? It's giving jobs to architects, electricians, sculptors, painters & other staff. Is that not giving back to society?

Well good for fuckity fuck him.

You’re absolutely right sadly on Reddit, rich person = bad and should donate every Dollar to charity

No you don’t.

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Oh my god I think you just discovered taxes

That’s what’s fucked up. It’s just coffee money to him. And life changing for A LOT of people.

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And our coffee money could also change a lot of peoples lives. Not the same scale but the same point.

Good point. I still buy myself coffee. I’m not better.

Reddit is very much a part of the real world, friend

Naw, you’re better for even making the mention here. He’s a fuck and should at least spend our coffee money on shit that matters.

littlest Canada

>They have an obligation to give back to that society.

All money that is spent is put back into the economy in order to benefit society.

Tageule criss de cave

So this guy read Neil Gaiman's "The Mapmaker" and was like... "Seems like a worthy goal".

When the rising tide engulfs the shore
And the waves roll over Arkansas
Will the ship return to anchor there and replace the sunken state?

For the ship was shaped like Arkansas
And the hull was formed without a flaw
Every detail had been reproduced on a scale of one to one

--Arkansas, They Might Be Giants (well, John Linnell, half of it)

Use the money to stuff sausages in your ass

I get how it looks at first blush. Take a moment.

It is Art for Art’s sake. The cool thing is that he himself is not creating it. The art supplies and craftsmen (people) are actually fueling creation, the arts, and paychecks for a lot of talented people. These people would otherwise not have this cool thing to be part of - and create.

He could be like another billionaire and just keep his money tied up in stocks. That is “Money for Money’s sake” - and really doesn’t enrich or employ anyone.

It doesn’t have to be soup kitchens to be philanthropic, really. If I could leave a unique creation that could have echos through time, I would do it.

Frank Lloyd Wright was based in two different locations in the US. The schools of thought… The talented, trained teams that worked and learned from him still carry traits from his work even generations later- frequently in the same families.

Echoes into the future.

Oh, i watched that movie

Good movie, btw

$1M would be 'somewhat life changing' to about 45 people because it would allow them to have retirement savings.

That's insane. 24 million dollars is not 'relatively' the same amount as 3 dollars. You're not 'relatively' as bad as him.

There is indeed a little version of Little Canada in the model!

Do you think that Reddit's user base is an accurate representation of American society? Millennials and socialists are overrepresented on this site. If this site were a true representation of the real world, the user base would be 37% moderate, 36% conservative, and 25% liberal.. The fact that you're ignorant of this truth is scary

I mean economically we want rich people to spend their wealth and not just sit on it, that 24m doesn't just disappear from the economy it goes towards businesses that are creating these models. Much rather see rich people blow their money on shit like this than yachts or stuff only they can enjoy and has no real artistic value. Although ideally yeah that money could be way better spent

America ≠ the world

Emigrated.

Hard agree. I love art and think generous expenditures by the rich should be encouraged and celebrated when warranted. The only dig I can offer is that building public infrastructure may be a better use of the money. As in, personally I'd take more satisfaction in knowing millions of people in Asia are safe from floods than I would to visit Li'oh Inglunn.

Including midgets/dwarves/little persons?
Or the Lilliputian model?

*Little Kings -- both the football league and the beer brand now have a foot in the door!😁

And does the scale model of the scale model of Canada include a scale model of a scale model of a scale model of Canada

Why do people on reddit always act like spending money deletes it? I bet he pays a lot of people to build that.

Brenninkmeijer is a Dutch-German family/dynasty worth billions.

Cool! All the little minded people of Reddit can live there

Synecdoche Canada !

Although accurate, I am offended that the picture says rogers center instead of Skydome.

So all art should be dropped until everyone is no longer poor?

I’m guessing the arts in Canada across the country amount to far more than $24 million. Some films and tv shows cost far more.

Impressive I’d like to see if they charge an admittance fee and donate some of the proceeds to charity.

We only have 38 million people, $28 million dollars could do a lot of good in the right hands.

Cuz most people on Reddit are young and stupid. And they’re not even considering the revenue it will generate when people pay to come see it or where ever it ends up will bring people to that location and generate all kinds of good things.

I don't think it's just age. I hear plenty of old people with the same argument. Usually something like "Why spend all that money on space?" as if we're literally sending cash up there.

People just don't seem to get how economies work.

If you’re middle class, your fun money can be life changing to a lot of people in your community. And in other countries around the world. Are you sending all your fun money to such causes?

For British eyes only

Aren't there like, millions of starving kids?

Why do people always say stuff like this? Of course it's their choice, people are criticizing their choices

Makes you wonder what the governments are doing with the money they take from us and the trillions more that they print, doesn’t it?

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>While the 45mm is a staggering sum, an estimate of his worth at $2bb

It's true, two bongo-billions is much more than 4 mega-millions.

>Yeah it’s pretty gross how out of touch these people are

"Gross" is touching a slug. This guy is some other adjective entirely.

He's not English - he's Dutch-German. The name is a giveaway for a start

Money…well…spent?

Sick Kids is asking for donations and he's in Toronto, Scarborough General is also in dire need of funding. He's entitled to spend his money on wacky bullshit and the rest of us are entitled to criticize what he did with $28 million dollars when our economy is struggling.

I read that 1 in 7 kids in hungry. But only 3 people die of starvation each year in the US. So... they must be getting food somewhere in between?

But they need more of our money. The fed even has a zero reserve requirement now. Unlimited printing!