rbreich ,
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813 US billionaires control a record $5.7 trillion in wealth.

The bottom 50% of Americans control $3.7 trillion in wealth.

When ~800 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

brent ,
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@rbreich The alternative requires that more people step up to share in the work of running the social and organizational machinery. In fact, in repairing or replacing that social machinery, even building it from scratch. But whether they are too humble, intimidated, lazy, distracted, confused, or overwhelmed—something prevents them (us). Decades of complacency will take a lot of effort, dedication, and a similar length of time to reverse. Not a simple task!

Beeks ,
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@rbreich FYI: 813 bullets cost way, way less than 3.7 trillion dollars. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

AndyGER ,
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@rbreich And now tell me that in the majority is not done for the few 800+! Where is democracy anyway?

And make no mistake. It looks very similar in every Western culture and every Western country. And beyond that, it is even worse.

The 1% rich people of this planet Earth do not need to care for constitutional rights, democracy and all that.

They do not care at all!

Stop seeing rich people as wise and holy or as a bringer of wealth and well-being. They are maximum ignorant/egoistic

Attac_Norden ,
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@rbreich

We shouldn't rely on the 800 billionaires to initiate change...

elgue ,
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@rbreich
Have the US transformed from a democracy to an oligarchy ‘successful’?

jurjen_heeck ,
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@rbreich It's the 'control' part most people don't seem to understand, they think extreme wealth is something innocent.....

Tavian_C_Lirette ,
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@rbreich It's insane that such a large number of people look at these facts, then say the economy isn't a problem. There's always something else to blame...

yaqub ,
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@rbreich the stats are disturbing, have a look into countries like Pakistan where population is flooded and the wealth is with few elite capitalists

72mz ,
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@rbreich
If trump wins they'll also control the government. That's a bigger problem.

xs4me2 ,
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@rbreich

It is called capitalism. Of the kind inspired by Reaganomics. Shrink government until nothing but billionaires are left.

patcanfield ,

@rbreich Biden will implement a new tax structure next year with the Democratic Majority Congress, along with a number of remedy for what the Republican Majorities have cursed Americans with for 40 years.

brent ,
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@rbreich These numbers are noise to most people. Not that they’re even paying attention.

Mob64 ,
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@rbreich to understand the inequality of wealth distribution, use the Sam Vimes Boots model 😉

bimmer ,
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@rbreich 813 course meal anyone?

Mob64 ,
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@rbreich echoed across the western world. Yet there will be no uprising, no pitchforks at midnight. The majority are kept at just a sufficient level of bearable discomfort to placate.

davidcorbett ,
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@rbreich put in bills for laws to stop lots of greed and gauging overcharging paying poverty wage abuse cannibalizing this and otherside

davidcorbett ,
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@rbreich get better training for all cops and government forms kind caring loving equal fare moral humane respecting plants animals and humans and home = planet and give them semi long range tasers and sleep gas n sleep darts so they stop killing so many that are not the criminal they are looking for or people who would only do 1 to 12 yrs in jail for their crime

jpwiegand ,
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@rbreich When people feel they have no stake things...you get "MAGA burn it all down."

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