The meanings of words change over time. > Roberts said that the term’s current usage departs somewhat from its original meaning. “It’s not this sense that thin

The meanings of words change over time. > Roberts said that the term’s current usage departs somewhat from its original meaning. “It’s not this sense that things are getting so bad that the revolution is going to come,” he told me, “but rather that we see the ligaments of the international system that socialists will be able to seize and use.” https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/05/late-capitalism/524943/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/05/late-ca... > income inequality is not growing Global within-country income inequality rose steeply between 1980 and 2020. See p.57 of https://wir2022.wid.world/www-site/uploads/2021/12/WorldInequalityReport2022_Full_Report.pdf https://wir2022.wid.world/www-site/uploads/2021/12/WorldIneq... The growth of income inequality in the US over that same period is really stark: https://www.vox.com/2018/7/29/17627134/income-inequality-chart https://www.vox.com/2018/7/29/17627134/income-inequality-cha...