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It is always surprising to know for the minority how poor people actually are ..
by _s_a_m_ 3y ago
It is always surprising to know for the minority how poor people actually are ..
- Arnt 3y agoIMO it's because the stock photo of "the 1%" is a superyacht or a private jet, which makes people like HNers think that they themselves are far below the threshold. A private jet in the case of this article. I bet that's not how HNers would illustrate us as a group. Quite a nasty rhetorical trick, really.
- FooBarBizBazz 3y agoIt depends on whether you're talking about the top 1% of the US, or the top 1% of the world. The latter is a much lower bar.