Except for the real rich people, ordinary people work at sunrise and sunset, and run around for life every day, everyone should have dreamed of becoming a billionaire one day, preferably the kind that sleeps in a bed covered with money as soon as they wake up.
It may seem like a difficult wish to achieve, but there is one country in the world that has achieved it.
This country lives a life of treating money like dung every day, and it is also known as a "poor" country with only money.
It is Zimbabwe, located in southeastern Africa.
Many people immediately feel a sense of envy when they see this, but this is not a good thing in the local area, and even the local residents live in hardship every day.
What's going on here?
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In order to seek independence, the whole people resisted
When it comes to Africa, the first thing that comes to mind is South Africa, the richest man in Africa.
In fact, there was once one country in Africa that was once comparable to South Africa, and that was Zimbabwe, which used to be one of the most developed countries in Africa, but all this quietly changed with the arrival of the colonies.
Although Zimbabwe is a small country, its unique geographical location makes it destined to be more than a simple country.
The area is exceptionally rich in mineral resources, especially gold and diamonds.
However, Zimbabwe, as the chosen son, does not have the life of the chosen son.
Because of the limited technology, Zimbabwe had to accept the "help" of the colonizer Britain in order to maximize the exploitation and utilization of local mineral resources.
Everyone in Zimbabwe thought that the British colonizers could lead Zimbabwe to the top, but they never thought that things were far from that simple.
The British colonists bought up a lot of land in the area, and at its peak, 70% of Zimbabwe's land was in British hands.
As a result, most of the dividends were taken by the British, and Zimbabwe had to pick up some bones and eat at the end, which made the local population miserable.
Since then, although the government has introduced some policies to regain the land, it is not easy to say that the girl who married out spilled the water.
After some inconclusive results, the local residents began a "land grab" war, and the local scene got out of control for a while, and it was not until 1980 that Zimbabwe truly broke away from the colony and became independent.
If you are smart, things will be reversed
Zimbabwe's independence gave hope to the local population, but the good times were short-lived, and various new problems arose.
The independence of the country and the land in the hands of the inhabitants should have been a good thing, but in Zimbabwe it is the opposite.
Due to the lack of technology, many residents did not know where to start when they got the land, and in the end, not only did they lose their income, but also caused Zimbabwe's economic situation to fall for a while.
The Zimbabwean government saw that farming could not continue, but the residents could not go hungry, so they could only choose the most expensive imported food, and the high-cost imports followed by the rapid consumption of money.
This has put Zimbabwe in trouble again for money.
Eventually, the president at the time came up with a "perfect plan", which was to print a lot of money.
With banknotes, you can pay for the goods, so that there will be a steady flow of funds, and it will be much easier to alleviate the domestic predicament when the time comes.
The ideal is abundant, the reality is cruel, and the idea is good, but anyone who has studied economics knows that printing a lot of money will inevitably lead to inflation.
The United States is a good example.
The answer is obvious: Zimbabwe's clever approach has plunged the country into an inflationary crisis.
Money is like dung, miserable
Inflation is like a maelstrom that will only sink deeper and deeper, and by the time the Zimbabwean authorities realise the dire consequences of inflation, it will be too late.
Since then, the government has introduced a series of remedial measures, but with little effect.
Zimbabwe's inflation rate was as high as 800% at its peak, and now it has dropped to 269%, making it the highest inflation rate in the world.
In Zimbabwe, due to the impact of the inflation rate, the currency here has become like a blank sheet of paper, and people need to buy goods in bundles and use currency, which can cost 30,000 yuan for a bus ride, not to mention other goods.
Zimbabweans go out with sacks on their shoulders, and in sacks are bundles of money.
Take Zimbabwe's largest face value of 100 trillion yuan, according to the exchange rate, it can only be exchanged for 2.5 yuan, which shows how worthless Zimbabwe's money is.
As you can see from Zimbabwe, sometimes having money is not necessarily a good thing.
The current situation in Zimbabwe is inseparable from the oppression of the colonizers at the beginning, and even more inseparable from the ignorant management of the local government.
Now, Zimbabwean residents live under inflation every day, and this atmosphere of money has not improved the lives of local residents, but more misery.
The first thing they do every day before going to bed and in the morning is to think about what is the exchange rate of the day, and how much food can be exchanged for the money in their hands?
Now, after reading the story of Zimbabwe, if you were asked to be such a billionaire, would you still be willing?