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minus-squareChunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThe unfortunate fact is that we have a lot higher percentage of poor people. If you were to redo the ranking with only the top 80% of Americans we’d be first.
minus-squareBluesF@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoLol why would you want to do that?
minus-squareChunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWell, I didn’t say I wanted it and I didn’t say it was good. I just provided another statistic about how stratified and pay to play our economy is. It’s actually fucked. It’s not good. I don’t like it.
The unfortunate fact is that we have a lot higher percentage of poor people. If you were to redo the ranking with only the top 80% of Americans we’d be first.
Lol why would you want to do that?
Well, I didn’t say I wanted it and I didn’t say it was good. I just provided another statistic about how stratified and pay to play our economy is.
It’s actually fucked. It’s not good. I don’t like it.