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

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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.

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[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter how much they have, I think it's a coping mechanism: if they earned it, it means I can also earn it if I work hard enough.

So how do you convince someone that they're never going to be rich?

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago

Nobody just "earns" that much money. You get it by cheating a lot of people or the government.