cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/30028880

See the stickied comment below for an explanation and statement of our purpose, based on simple back-of-the-napkin math

E: if someone could please link this community to r/aspen and r/roaringforkvalley I would greatly appreciate it. I’ve been IP banned by the all powerful AI mod monster, like many folks on Lemmy

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For anyone who would like more background on how this chart came to look this way, "Requiem for the American Dream" is free on YT: https://youtu.be/WEnv5I8Aq4I

Spoiler alert: this disparity is the result of a coordinated effort in response to an "overabundance of democracy." Another great read on how we got here is "Evil Geniuses" by Kurt Anderson.

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