'Disgusting': Global 1% Captured $42 Trillion in New Wealth Over Past Decade | Common Dreams
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The richest sliver of the global population hauled in more than $40 trillion in new wealth over the past decade, according to a new analysis.
    • EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I love the verbal visitation;

      A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years.

    • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      The thing is, these numbers are unfathomable to most people.

      If you say, “government gave $30B in subsidies to car companies”, most people will stare at you blankly and shrug…

      But people will get really angry if they see a headline like, “man commits $5000 of welfare fraud”, or “goverment spent $100 000 housing 5 refugee families” because those are real numbers to them.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        That’s 10 millions:

        100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000

        That’s 10 millions minus a new Porsche:

        100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000

        I would do the same thing with 100 millions but the message would be too long, so instead I’ll share this website: https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/