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'Global Oligarchy' Reigns as Top 1% Controls More Wealth Than Bottom 95% of Humanity
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FYI (and I expect to be downvoted because y'all don't want to hear this), but when an article talks about the "global 1%" it's probably talking about YOU.
Yes, you. And me. And probably most of the people reading this, who live in the US or another Western country and consider themselves "middle class." WE are the global 1%.
From https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/9/15/23874111/charity-philanthropy-americans-global-rich :
Also, if you prefer to measure by wealth instead of income, that's lower than you think, too. I'm having trouble finding a more recent figure, but as of 2018, the threshold to be considered global 1% in terms of net worth was only $871,320. No, didn't typo: it really is only hundreds of thousands, not millions or billions.
(The billionaires are more like the 0.01%.)
1% of 8 billion is only 80 million. I wouldn't say most Americans are in the 1% when the 80 million is spread around the world.
I don't know how this keeps getting trotted out and up voted. I swear it gets dunked on every time.
Not just Americans. First world nations in general. That's about 20% of the population in there, so the top 5% of US, Europe, Japan, Australia, etc. We're talking the upper middle class. $100K pre-tax gets you there easily, and thanks to rising prices of housing, I doubt most of them feel very rich at all.
The billionaires are holding big numbers as well, and there's a few of those dotted around the world, but I'd imagine they're mostly concentrated in first world countries. If you can live anywhere, why would you live in a craphole?