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And yet we are also living in some of the strongest wealth inequality in the last 100 years at least. https://ourworldindata.org/economic-inequality https://ou
by jedimastert 3mo ago
And yet we are also living in some of the strongest wealth inequality in the last 100 years at least.
https://ourworldindata.org/economic-inequality https://ourworldindata.org/economic-inequality
- password54321 3mo agoThis seems to apply much more to certain nations like the US while it drops worldwide in recent decades. https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/inequality?tab=line&country=OWID_WRL~USA~WID_EUR&Data=World+Inequality+Database+%28Incomes+before+tax%29&Indicator=Gini+coefficient https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/inequality?tab=line&cou...
- jedimastert 3mo agoI would call that holding steady worldwide in the last decade, which honestly is still unacceptable with how much more wealthy the world has gotten
- loeg 3mo agoSo what? Inequality is not inherently bad.
- microgpt 3mo agoInequality is inherently bad but a certain level is needed as it comes with non-inherent good, like promoting useful economic activity. Some people will say "what about the people with one leg? Should we cut off everyone's left leg so we're equal?" - it is bad that they have one leg while everyone else has two, but nobody except a certain satirical film actually suggested doing that.
- jedimastert 3mo agoThat's a pretty strong assertion just throw out like it's obvious