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Celerity

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6. We (Sweden) used to be the greeniest of green, but 2 things (the rise of tech billioniares and

Reply to Las Vegas Mixx (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 31, 2023, 04:52 AM

Dec 2023

then (not related) the creation of a new apprently permanent underclass via far too much refugee intake (US equivalent of 50 or so million in the last 25, 30 years) plus a shit job of integration with them) have combined to toss us down the wealth equality rankings, where we were always in the top 3 or 4 (often first or second) for decades and decades.

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2023 1% vs 80% Wealth Inequality Green Zones MAP - vs USA China Russia etc. [View all] LVZ Dec 2023 OP

The distribution of wealth in the US is fucked. Pay your middle class income earners fucking more for starters and we'll SoFlaBro Dec 2023 #1

Most of the social democracy States in Western Europe that everyone lives... brooklynite Dec 2023 #2

Europe seems kind of split but a pattern may be emerging ... Las Vegas Mixx Dec 2023 #3

Italy isn't governed by "far right extremists"? brooklynite Dec 2023 #4

So far, Meloni seems to be a mixed bag ... Las Vegas Mixx Dec 2023 #5

We (Sweden) used to be the greeniest of green, but 2 things (the rise of tech billioniares and Celerity Dec 2023 #6

Doesn't really matter. Elessar Zappa Dec 2023 #7

Nor am I saying that the way to go is income redistribution brooklynite Dec 2023 #8

Sorry but I think the huge amounts of wealth we're seeing now, Elessar Zappa Dec 2023 #9

Maybe but the United States is still attractive to jimfields33 Dec 2023 #10

Not disagreeing with you but that doesn't mean we couldn't do better. Elessar Zappa Dec 2023 #11

It wouldn't matter for this map. Igel Dec 2023 #12

Top 1% of American earners now own more wealth than entire middle class Las Vegas Mixx Jan 2024 #13