How well the richest Top 1% have been doing the past 200 years [de u/rubenbmathisen]

by Poglosaurus

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  1. >[Please](https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/14o601y/oc_how_well_the_richest_top_1_have_been_doing_the/jqb6z16/) correct me if I’m wrong but this is just income. The charts (at least in the US but I assume everywhere) would be much more extreme if they measured wealth.

    >One of the biggest problems of capitalism (and pseudo-capitalism) is the entrenchment of wealth, the accrual over generations, the leverage and advantages of accrued wealth (which makes it easier to gain more wealth), the investments and hoarding of the wealthy (which obviously doesn’t trickle down), and so forth.

    >These charts make things look much better than they actually are.

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    >[It is much worse.](https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/14o601y/oc_how_well_the_richest_top_1_have_been_doing_the/jqbdxwo/) This graph is borderline intentionally misleading.

    >Worldwide, the parasitic owner class controls more than half of all wealth. When the petit bourgeoisie is included, then 85% of the world’s wealth is accounted for.

    >The site itself admits it is based on tax information, so given the parasite’s propensity for hiding their income via numerous tax loopholes, this data is deeply flawed. It only shows what the bourgeoisie are legally forced to admit… and thanks to their thumb on the scale of politics, that isn’t much.

  2. Faut arrêter les délires sur le top 1%.

    Ma copine et moi nous sommes dans le top 1% au Royaume-Uni, et pourtant on a une vie quasi identique à quelqu’un qui gagne le salaire moyen.

    On est dans un 1 pièce de 45m2, on doit faire 45 min de trajet pour aller au travail, on arrive pas à economiser beaucoup (ma copine rien, moi un peu parce que je gagne plus), etc.

    Tu peux sortir le même graphique pour le top 0.01% et le pourcentage sera presque exactement le même.

    Cette haine des 1% est mal placée quand c’est en réalité juste 150 milliardaires qui accumulent 95% de la richesse du top 1%.

  3. France is doing good keeping some equality. And it is not *despite* the French being very unionized and ready to protect at every threat of their social contract, it is *thanks to it*.

  4. Il s’agit du revenu et non du patrimoine.

    Un jeune trader peut avoir un très bon revenu et un patrimoine quasi nul

    Un agriculteur sur l’île de Re peut avoir un revenu modeste et un bon patrimoine

  5. Je pense honnêtement que les riches doivent bien se marrer en regardant les pauvres partager des stats de revenus.

  6. La solution s’appelle 1 à 5.

    Limiter les salaires à 5x le SMIC max.

    Limiter les patrimoines à 5x le patrimoine médian max.

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