World News

1972 readers

1 users here now

Rules:
Be a decent person.
No racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, zionism/nazism, and so on.

Other Great Communities:

Rules

Be excellent to each other

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Deceptichum@quokk.au

Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com

181

Billionaires growing richer faster than ever, says Oxfam (www.dw.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to c/world@quokk.au

11 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Oxfam said trillionaires are expected to emerge within the next decade, as the richest 1% now own 45% of global wealth, while 44% of humanity lives on less than $6.85 per day.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] dotdi@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also how long before people realize courts, police, etc exist to protect the wealthy and influential from the rest, not for the common good. It should be clear that the “common good” was a carrot on a stick.