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[–] 52 points 1 year ago (13 children)

It's not the 1% it's the 0.01%.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    What I'm about to tell you is top secret. There's a powerful group of people out there that are secretly running the world. I'm talking about the guys, no one knows about the guys who are invisible. The top 1% of the top 1%. The guys that play God without permission. And now I think they're following me.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The problem I have with this conspiracy of capitalism is that, after having reached the top of the money pile by unadulterated selfish means, we now expect these people to work collectively for each other's benefit?

    Nah.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

    I initially knee-jerk disagreed, thinking it's gotta be all those rich bastards, but then I checked the numbers. The top 0.1% of the US had $22.19 trillion in wealth in Q1 2025. Zoom out to the top 1% and it was $27.2 trillion.

    Yeah, it's the fucking 0.1%.

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    Obviously, I just wanted to know how much is the difference between 0.1% and 0.01%

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I was annoyed that no one was answering this because I was tacitly curious too. For what its worth, it was kinda difficult to find a current figure, but in 2021 it was 11% of the global wealth or $51.81 trillion. The top .1% only has about $56 trillion from what I can tell.

    So even in that bracket, the ultra-super pro max wealthy own 90%+ of the top .1% of global wealth if my numbers are even remotely correct. That list would be the world's 810,000 most wealthy individuals.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I've heard some actual numbers thrown about that are in the triple digits. Like if you cap the top 230 most wealthy people at a billion (or 10) US, we could build a shitton of lead free aquaducts or whatever your favorite 'metric of the commons' is.

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  • [–] [S] 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The comments section is disgusting.

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  • [–] [S] 26 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It is. Many are calling out the protesters for not being at work when they are protesting a bunch of celebrities partying all night long in the middle of the week...

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  • My issue with this is that people work various hours. Not every single person in the world works 09:00-17:00(9-5). Some of their super heroes(cops) work 15:00-23:00 here in the United States. That leaves plenty of time in the morning and afternoon for a good ol fashioned protest.

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  • [–] [S] 19 points 1 year ago
    [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I have no doubt that he’s quite upset about this…so has he tried not being a complete fucking arsehole yet?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago