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  • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 days ago

    70 million people.

    That’s what it will take to rid us of the top 1%.

    Of course, if we’re going after the global 1% then that will be anyone making over approximately $55k USD per year.

    • theneverfox@pawb.social
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      1 day ago

      It’s more like 7000 people really fucking everything up, the 1% just sounds better then the 0.00001%

    • db2@lemmy.world
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      Those numbers sound wrong. I make that and barely scrape by, and that’s without stupid shit like a boat or a big truck or anything remotely like that.

      • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.de
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        19 hours ago

        So that’s the thing… in the US even our poor are rich compared to the global poor.

        But you’re right, people in the US making $50k a year aren’t really the problem. The problem is the people who have the average income of the 1%. That’s people making almost $500k a year. Which is crazy to think that the income needed to join the global 1% is so much lower than the average income of the 1%.

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        Yes that’s how many poor people there are in the world that you, with your modest wage, is still in the global 1%

        Let that sit with you a moment. Puts things into perspective. Now think of the billionaires that exist.

        • marcos@lemmy.world
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          You are not filthy rich if you depend on a salary. And that’s not FU money basically anywhere.