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[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago (3 children)
[–] SoupBrick@yiffit.net 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Top 10% in the US hold 70% and the bottom 50% hold 1%, that is still pretty gross.

https://financebuzz.com/us-net-worth-statistics

[–] dbilitated@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] somethingchameleon@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago

Time for a revolution.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Rich Unitedstatians Own 30% of Wealth in Extreme Inequality

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Alternative headline: "Indian wealth hoarding run amok; inequality eclipsing even United States"

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's a fair comparison, and would give me the appropriate "Oh shit!" that this headline just didn't offer.

Even a single, well-known point of reference makes it better. We all know world income inequality is absolutely nuts. But to pick out a particular one needs at least some kind of reference point (unless it's an Indian article for Indian people, like an article from the U.S. for the U.S.).

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I couldn't agree more if I tried 🤜🤛