• Zorque@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Just because it doesn’t mean what you think they’re saying doesn’t mean it means nothing.

    That disparity is not a benign thing, even with a more robust “middle class”.

    • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      The disparity is not why poor people are poor–it’s a boogeyman.

      The correlation between the number of billionaires globally and the prevalence of poverty globally is literally negative.