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The top 1% are closer to a homeless person on the street than they are to the top 0.1%. The wealth inequality in the US is the underlying fracture in the socia
by rswail 2y ago
The top 1% are closer to a homeless person on the street than they are to the top 0.1%.
The wealth inequality in the US is the underlying fracture in the social compact that is driving the populist politics that are at play.
- epicureanideal 2y agoAlthough wealth inequality would not be such a big deal if there were sufficient merit based social mobility and plentiful opportunity to develop merit.
- amrocha 2y agoThere is no merit that warrants more than 10 million dollars. At that point money is just power, not consumption.