If newspapers told the truth...

Admit it: you have very little idea of the reality of twenty-first century wealth inequality, nor what what a trillion looks like when compared to a million, or a billion - this will help you understand how grotesque wealth inequality truly is: https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/ 

Or if you want the easier, one minute version of the difference between $1billion and $1trillion:

And here's a neat explainer of Jeff Bezos' wealth using rice, brought to our attention by @MiftyJackson