Hamartia Antidote
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Is your brain stupid?
What I said about eating meat is a metaphor. Didn’t you learn metaphors when you were studying in school?
Americans themselves say they are 99%, and the remaining 1% have 99% of society's wealth.
Rich Americans eat meat, others eat soup,As long as the United States continues to own the coinage of the dollar,You can harvest wealth all over the world.
Didn't the US raise interest rates again recently? The world's leeks have been harvested by Americans again. It doesn't matter, the leeks will grow again, and once they grow, they can be harvested again
Well maybe that same metaphor applies in China..and that is one of the reasons why people are leaving.
Plus I don't know why you think suddenly pulling the 1% number in the US is somehow worse than pulling the 1% number in China in terms of a wealth gap. Remember a good portion of the population in China is really poor so your 1% are actually riding really high.
China
Breakingviews - Xi’s wealth redistribution push starts with stick
Chinese President Xi Jinping is fleshing out his plans for wealth redistribution. He wants to restrain “unreasonable income”, hike wages and expand the middle class, per a readout of a top-level conference on Tuesday, which helps explain his recent rough treatment of corporate tycoons. Funding...
www.reuters.com
US
Soaring markets helped the richest 1% gain $6.5 trillion in wealth last year, according to the Fed
The wealth of the top 1% increased by $6.5 trillion last year, mainly driven by soaring stock prices and financial markets, according to the Federal Reserve.
www.cnbc.com
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