Wealth distribution in France just before the revolution versus the USA now.

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by wakeup2019

26 comments

  1. Unlike the French in 1789, Muricans continue to meekly bend over & spread their cheeks for their globalist oligarch overlords by participating in Wall Street’s captured Republicrat duopoly puppet show instead of seeking real change.

  2. Wouldn’t this be the same for other countries as well. The top 10% holds everything

  3. One thing to realize is that the bottom 30% of Americans now have a higher quality of life than the top 1% in France had then.

    AC, sewage, hot showers, dentistry – a nobleman in 1790’s France would kill for this.

  4. Comparing 2016 U.S. inequality to France in 1760-90 ignores absolute living standards. A poor American today has electricity, running water, refrigeration, heat, sanitation, vaccines, antibiotics, and emergency care; France’s poor had none of that. Life expectancy then was about 30-35, with infant mortality near 25%; the U.S. today is roughly 76 and about 0.5%. A French laborer could spend most income on bread and still face famine. Inequality matters, but the floor is vastly higher, so the 1789 analogy is weak.

    also the french didn’t have all the cool stuff we have today like air force 1’s, 4k tv’s, airpods, ps5’s, youtube, monster energy, apple pay, amazon prime, lego, kfc doritos, onlyfans, etc, no wonder they revolted

  5. I recommend some reading. The French Revolution didn’t go so well afterwards and they reinstated the aristocracy because everything went to heck.

  6. The price of one piece of bread was one month salary before French revolution. And French are known for destruction of property when they protest.

  8. If we’re going to plot a data-informed revolution, can we at least make sure we cite our sources and correctly label our y-axis?

  11. What is the wealth distribution after revolution over the years in France?

  12. Meh– the bottom 80% were starving back in the 18th century. Today they’re buying flat screen tvs, driving pickups, and eating in restaurants daily. The income distribution is about envy not about absolute prosperity.

  15. Dont worry we will get dope art and stories like War and Peace

    AI enters the chat and makes everyone brain dead

    Oh no

  16. Many billionaires’ wealth is now on paper and based on a company’s valuation, e.g., Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth is tied to Meta, whose value can decrease or increase depending on people’s forecasts and feelings about the economy. Before the French Revolution, wealth was more tangible and tied to your social status, which was difficult to change.

  17. You don’t even have to look at France. Look at America in the 1920’s-1930’s.

  18. Hey the issue in France wasn’t so much that the rich were rich, but the poor were poor.

    And Americans are not like starving or anything 

  19. In 1790 France life expectancy at birth was 30 years. It’s not like the peasants had a lot to lose.

  21. I think the standard of living of an American in poverty is far higher than a French peasant

  22. Not doubting….but source?? Somehow I doubt data collection standards in the 18th century were very rigorous.

  23. Shouldn’t this be posted in “charts that mean nothing”?

  25. The global economy in 1780 was much different than it is now.

    In 1780 you couldn’t just offshore your wealth and assets due to a global financial system like you can now. And back then a lot of wealth was tied directly to land ownership. Whereas now it’s mostly stocks & other financial assets.

    And back then travel across the ocean was treacherous and took weeks. Now it takes a few hours. It’s no bother at all for the super wealthy to simply leave for a tax haven like the Bahamas, or Cayman Islands. And fly back to the UK when they want to.

    This comparison is laughable.

  26. Americans are not split as poor vs. the rich. Americans are split poor vs. poor. The most diehard proponents of infinite wealth accumulation are those who have very little of it. It’s the same from the civil war. Most people in support of slavery couldn’t afford slaves, they just felt pride about being a social status above slaves.

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