The rich aren’t concerned about “fair.”
Otherwise they wouldn’t be rich.
What are you poors gonna do about it?
Yeah, that’s what they thought.
Okay, the definition used for global 1% is so gross and unrealistic. People earning anything like that are definitely not “rich”. Being above extreme poverty is not “rich”. The only rich which matter are people making multimillion+ USD income per year through work or assets. Who do you think buys politicians and makes the law? It’s not the secretary in NYC earning $140K per year. Let’s be fucking for real, how do I take the rest of this article seriously if they’re this much their asshole?
My advice to writers who want to “win” for their pet politics: make sense at least. Otherwise you’ll get mad that someone called you out, and then you’ll just say they’re being a liberal or conservative, then you’ll be wrong twice. Pass the critical thinking test.
But, like straws, you the individual need to be sure you think about this constantly and disrupt your own daily life and convenience so you can not make any difference whatsoever.
According to the analysis, the richest 1% – about 77 million people, including all those earning more than $140,000 (£114,000) a year
Wait… 140k/year is the top 1%?
Well it does seem to be talking about the global 1% which is known to include a pretty big slice of the population in relatively wealthy places like the US. The more exclusive 1% that people usually talk about is the US 1% or the 1% of another specific country.
Keep in mind that 1% of 7 billion people is 70 million. And estimates for the number of billionaires in the world look to be under 3000. In addition, most estimates for worldwide median individual income are under 3000 USD per year.
Taking all that into account, 140k sounds pretty reasonable as a boundary for the global 1%.
