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Re:Researchers estimate the richest 1% dodge taxes on over a... by klaudius on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @10:02AM (#26711852)
They use 1% because number 1 is an integer and it can represent a whole person.

This is useful for scapegoating and hatred.

  "The 99% vs. the 1% is the modern articulation of this classic scapegoating mechanism. It is all minus one versus the one. And it has to just be the one. 99.99 people or percent is too granular. Scapegoating 0.1 doesn’t really work. You need a whole person to play the victim. Similarly, 98-2 doesn’t quite have the same ring to it either.  "
Source: https://blakemasters.com/post/24578683805/peter-thiels-cs183....
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Re:Researchers estimate the richest 1% dodge taxes on over a... by andrepd on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @01:06PM (#26714456)
The "1%" slogan arose in the Occupy movement, from statistics such "1% of the people own 50% of global wealth", which such an inexcusable level of inequality.

Ah but no, they are the victims, poor them.

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