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

Oh it's beyond ridiculous. The proles who continue to defend billionaires will use insane justifications as to why these leeches deserve their wealth.

But, I think the extreme inequality as definitely nearing its boiling point. The whole thing with Luigi and the UHC CEO made it quite clear just how fed up many, many people are. Unfortunately, with Trump and other shitheads of his ilk around the world taking over countries, I don't think any societal revolution looks promising in the near future.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Man the people who can see Luigi as a hero while voting for Trump... Ugh