Combined assets of $14.2tn are more than the GDP of every country except China and the US

Combined assets of $14.2tn are more than the GDP of every country except China and the US

Archived version: https://archive.ph/o2gaB

  • Kalkaline @leminal.space
    15·
    6 months ago

    How many poor people do you think it would take to relieve the top 1% of their wealth? Surely it’s just a numbers game.

    • Rookwood@lemmy.world
      8·
      6 months ago

      Justice system, electoral system, media, technology, military, police, food, etc. etc. All owned by them. It’s going to have to get very very bad before anything changes.

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
          4·
          6 months ago

          As if the law generally binds the rich or protects the poor… The Frank Wilhoit quote about conservatism applies to rich people and their control of society just as much as it applies to conservatism:

          Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition … There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.