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Re:Is Inequality Inevitable? by mehrdadn on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @04:02PM (#21467243)
For reference, the 3 richest Americans hold more wealth than the bottom 50% of the country.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/noahkirsch/2017/11/09/the-3-ric...

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Re:Is Inequality Inevitable? by scarmig on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @04:24PM (#21467508)
In fairness, I have more wealth than 33% of the USA combined, given that something like a third have zero or negative wealth.
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Re:Is Inequality Inevitable? by mehrdadn on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @04:49PM (#21467816)
Oh that's an interesting point I hadn't considered, thanks for mentioning that!
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