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Re:The average 50-something American is now worth $1.4M by uberman on Monday January 19, 2026 @05:49PM (#46685648)
Super misleading.

This is the average including and heavily impacted by super high net worth individuals. If you are in your 50s and dont have a million bucks like most dont you are not really behind.

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Re:The average 50-something American is now worth $1.4M by elbci on Monday January 19, 2026 @05:57PM (#46685741)
you are behind the guy with $1M and ahead of the homeless bum with 10 stolen bucks. The elephant in the room is that all three of you are indistinguishably close to each-other when compared to Bezos/Musk/Koch etc ;)
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