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[–] isgleas@lemmy.ml 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

meanwhile, in the wealthiest country on the world...

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 29 points 8 months ago

The top 1% hold 1/3 of all the US wealth while the top 10% hold 2/3 of all wealth.

So 90% of the US population controls leas than 33% of all the nations wealth.

The country isn’t wealthy, it’s been plundered by a few greedy oligarchs.