“Earn” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that headline.
Don’t worry, here comes the guy that will tell you that you are within that 10%, despite not knowing if you own a home and the fact that you don’t have a saying in said disparity.
That’s because chances are, globally speaking, if English is your primary language you are likely to fall within that top 10% by default.
But the dirty secret is, it’s all a red herring.
People in the 90th percentile, hell even the 95th percentile, aren’t drastically earning more than their compatriots when compared to the Uber-wealthy at the very tippy-top. Forget the 1%, the true leeches of humanity make up the top 1% of the top 1% of the top 1% (~8K).
Hell, if we as a society just targeted those with a net wealth of over $2b USD (~2K individuals) - we’d very quickly put the fear of God into the remaining billionaires to keep their wealth in check through whatever means necessary.
Thanks that was my point but better explained. I’m mostly angry that now and then someone will obviate the second part, while I know plenty of people in southern states that are in either debt spirals or struggling through a broken local economy.
That kind of analysis gives little credence to different costs of living in different places. Poverty line looks about identical in the U.S. and China despite the raw dollar amount being MUCH higher in the first one.
Our world is led by pure evil. Stop having kids.
