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perspective: the richest 1% of germany owns 31% of all the country's wealth. 36 german billionairs own as much as half the other population. source: https://ww
by glasz 9y ago
perspective: the richest 1% of germany owns 31% of all the country's wealth. 36 german billionairs own as much as half the other population.
source: https://www.oxfam.de/ueber-uns/aktuelles/2017-01-16-8-maenner-besitzen-so-viel-aermere-haelfte-weltbevoelkerung https://www.oxfam.de/ueber-uns/aktuelles/2017-01-16-8-maenne...
so, economy might be growing but who is to gain? either way you calculate, certainly not the common men. which, for me, renders these statistics moot.
- davrosthedalek 9y agoI never followed that logic. I'm not poor because the guy next to me has more. If you want to look how poor or not poor the other 99% are, you should look at those 99%, and what standard of living they can afford.
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