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If your income is more than...
- $32,400
- 30,250 Euros
- 2 million Indian rupees
- 223,000 Chinese yuan...you are a member of the global 1%.
- Within in a short time frame, eg 1 month - low income in a low cost area = not bad life. But over 10+ years it's a problem, due to tech advances disruptingshapesalad
- .. established business. And with a move to globalised market place, low income = unable to invest in progress.shapesalad
- .. the problem is the march of progress, driven by a growing population, limited resources and males need to provide in order to secure a female.shapesalad
- otherwise a simple low cost life, with a low cost income, can be a lovely life.shapesalad
- It sounds like you're advocating the rejection of technology, equality of opportunity for both sexes and a return to a stone-age lifestyle. Are you Amish?Morning_star
- What this tells me is that there are a lot of really poor people in the world, not that 30k a year is a luxurious lifestyle. Many people struggle horribly onyuekit
- a salary like that, considering the ridiculous cost of rent, health care, etc. in many Western countries.yuekit
- The real gap is between the ultra rich and everyone else. The richest 40 people in the world now have the same wealth as the poorest 4 billion.yuekit
- Why is that's a problem?Morning_star
- I mean what if one guy literally had all the world's money? Of course at some point it gets ridiculous and counterproductive :)yuekit
- Aside from the unfairness factor, there is probably a huge opportunity cost for everyone because resources are being monopolized by a few people.yuekit
- Why should it be fair? And who decides what 'fair' means? We ALL consume resources, all of us. Resources aren't monopolised, the control of them is.Morning_star
- So, should I be happy or sad that I'm in the global 1%?soundofreason
- Sure "unfair" is subjective, but so are lot of things right? I think most humans don't want to see other humans dying on the street because they happened to beyuekit
- born into bad circumstances, when the money and resources exist to help them.yuekit
- @soundofreason. Think for yourself.
@yuekit. I think most humans don't give a shit about humans dying on the street.Morning_star - Basically every country on earth has some kind of anti-poverty program, so clearly they do care at least a bit.yuekit
- Most of those are Governmental Initiatives, Foreign Aid etc or NGOs/Charities. At the level of the individual people either don't care or care only as much...Morning_star
- ..as it makes them look and feel good. True seflessness is incredibly rare.Morning_star
- In polls most people dramatically underestimate the actual level of inequality that exists. They also consistently say they want to increase taxes on the rich,yuekit
- usually beyond the level that is offered to them by either left or right politicians. So make of that what you will. I do agree that if a problem is not inyuekit
- people's faces all the time, it becomes abstract to them, but this is different from saying that they are just assholes and don't care at all :)yuekit
- I never said people were assholes for not caring. It's arguably an evolutionary advantage not to care about thousands of starving people.Morning_star
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Sadly, I'm part of the 99% who are not freethinkers.
Help a brother out.soundofreason - @Soundofreason. You should be blissfully happy that you're part of the1%. You can rest easy in the recliner chair of ignorance and gorge on the unrelenting...Morning_star
- ..'facts' that pass before you eyes. Embrace the sweet, sweet life of privilege.Morning_star
- this is a setup. first of all markets and wages are relative. when you post shit like this its no better than posting US minimum wage vs congo. Yes liberaldeathboy
- tactic of false associations and funny, but at the same time absolute BS. Oranges to apples. But I think you know that.deathboy
- Deathboy, $32,400 is the figure that will put you in the to 1%. Stick your salary in here and have a look. http://www.globalric…Morning_star