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Japan seems fine, better than the US even in almost every way, yet they have 1/8 the number of per capita billionaires the US does. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
by scottlocklin 7y ago
Japan seems fine, better than the US even in almost every way, yet they have 1/8 the number of per capita billionaires the US does.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_the_number_of_billionaires https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_the_numbe...
Pretty sure they have a greater variety of toilet paper than the US does.
- mantas 7y agoWhen did Japan artificially limit wealth of their billionaires? I'm sure their economical issues of 90s and 00s did hit their wealthy quite a bit though. But that's not exactly artificial limitation.
- scottlocklin 7y agoNobody but you used the statement "artificially limit wealth" anywhere. Obviously the Japanese have some policies in place which discourage these social menaces from growing and taking over their political system. What's wrong with adopting some of those? Works for them, and doesn't impact their prosperity or standard of living in any way.
- mantas 7y agoDid you read the comment that I originally replied to? Dude said that in plain text. Japan is a funny case actually. Massive corporations play a big role there. Both historically and nowadays. Yes, those big corporations take care of their workers. But it doesn't change the fact, that the rich are barely limited in that country.