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If you press the button, the top 1% of income earners in the entire world have 99% of their wealth spread to the other 99% world population, distributed proportionately according to need. Do you press the button?

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This isn't about billionaires, or even millionaires for those of you who are unaware. $744,000 in combined assets puts you in the top 1%. Basically if you own a home in any major NA city, say goodbye to your house.

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An income of $34k a year puts you in the top 1%

7:48 PM · Jul 28, 2020

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pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/77127147690 these guys said $50k PPP (1.000 conversion to USD I'm pretty sure) for 2012, although they didn't analyze every country

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Source?

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That’s just not true. Unless the top 1% means something other than what it is literally stating and I’m missing something?