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He’s not taking about the richest 1% of Americans. Even if he was your examples are disingenuous. Musk and Bezos aren’t representative of even the richest 1% o

by oivey 3y ago

He’s not taking about the richest 1% of Americans. Even if he was your examples are disingenuous. Musk and Bezos aren’t representative of even the richest 1% of Americans.

mcpackieh 3y ago
I knew this was coming, all Americans are the global 1% right? Did I even say anything about America? Regardless... Get a napkin and sanity check yourself. 1% of 8 billion people is 80 million. There are 330 million people in America. If all of the global 1% are in America and not also in Europe and Asia, which is obvious bullshit, then only 24% of Americans are in that 1% and the remaining 76% are in the lower 99%. And do you really think only Americans eat meat and wear cheap clothing? Get real.
- oivey 3y ago
  What are you even talking about? The person you replied to didn’t say Americans. Were you trying to use Bezos and Musk as representative of the top 1% of the worldwide population? That’s even worse.
  - mcpackieh 3y ago
    I'm telling you that meat eating and fast fashion are not "global 1% issues". You are the one who brought up Americans, not me or the other guy. Meat eating isn't a 1% thing whether you're looking at the global 1% or the American 1%; meat is consumed by almost everybody in the lower 99% no matter which way you slice it.
- dang 3y ago
  Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. We end up having to ban accounts that keep doing it, and we've already had to warn you more than once: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37708114 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37708114 (Sept 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36792165 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36792165 (July 2023) If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

by oivey 3y ago

He’s not taking about the richest 1% of Americans. Even if he was your examples are disingenuous. Musk and Bezos aren’t representative of even the richest 1% of Americans.

mcpackieh 3y ago

I knew this was coming, all Americans are the global 1% right? Did I even say anything about America? Regardless... Get a napkin and sanity check yourself. 1% of 8 billion people is 80 million. There are 330 million people in America. If all of the global 1% are in America and not also in Europe and Asia, which is obvious bullshit, then only 24% of Americans are in that 1% and the remaining 76% are in the lower 99%. And do you really think only Americans eat meat and wear cheap clothing? Get real.

oivey 3y ago
What are you even talking about? The person you replied to didn’t say Americans. Were you trying to use Bezos and Musk as representative of the top 1% of the worldwide population? That’s even worse.
- mcpackieh 3y ago
  I'm telling you that meat eating and fast fashion are not "global 1% issues". You are the one who brought up Americans, not me or the other guy. Meat eating isn't a 1% thing whether you're looking at the global 1% or the American 1%; meat is consumed by almost everybody in the lower 99% no matter which way you slice it.
dang 3y ago
Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. We end up having to ban accounts that keep doing it, and we've already had to warn you more than once: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37708114 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37708114 (Sept 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36792165 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36792165 (July 2023) If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.