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> Let all the 1% jerks who consume 10x what I do live considerably leaner. Okay, but what percentage are you in? Judging by your comment history, I'm going to
by jamesknelson 7y ago
> Let all the 1% jerks who consume 10x what I do live considerably leaner.
Okay, but what percentage are you in?
Judging by your comment history, I'm going to assume you're in the US. That already puts you pretty close to the top 1% on a global scale.
Should everyone in the world look at Americans living a standard American lifestyle and think, "let all the 5% jerks who consume 5x what I do live considerably leaner"?
While that may actually be a fairly reasonable response, the problem is that the same excuse can be used basically wherever you are on the ladder.
Then there's those of us who do live without cars, with little or no meat, with small houses that use little cooling/heating. What does that make us? Fools for even trying?
- mirimir 7y agoI'm talking about the global ~1%, who control about half of the world's wealth.[0] Sure, I'm in the US. But I live in a ~70 m^2 apartment, which is highly insulated. I do own a car, but it's small and old. I don't commute, and fly very rarely. It's true that having little money drives much of that. I've never liked working, unless it was something that interested me. And I've rarely (maybe 3-5 years, out of 50 adult years) had a 9-5 job. But conversely, being OK with a fairly simple life gave me freedom to not care much about money. Anyway, I'd say that I'm pretty close to the global middle class. Close enough, at least. 0) https://www.visualcapitalist.com/global-wealth-concentration/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/global-wealth-concentration...