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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by seizethecheese on Friday March 24, 2023 @04:17PM (#35294852)
The gap between living standard of poor and rich is much smaller than a few hundred years ago. What you claim cannot possibly be correct.
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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by miohtama on Friday March 24, 2023 @04:27PM (#35294964)
The gap was lowest in 70s, has widened since then and is now as wide in 40s

https://equalitytrust.org.uk/scale-economic-inequality-uk

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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by pastor_bob on Friday March 24, 2023 @04:38PM (#35295104)
A few hundred years ago, the vast majority of people lived under Autocracies.

The elite could simply dictate how societies would operate.

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