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[–]HopeThatHalps 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

This is obviously misleading. The US GDP is far greater than any other country in that list. The 21% of wealth held by the lower 90% is a very substantial amount of money. I suspect this chart was chosen specifically because it looks unflattering in isolation. If you actually look at place like Brazil or South America, you will see what real wealth inequality looks like; what we would consider middle class people have to worry about kidnapping and extortion, and live in houses behind concrete walls line with barbed wire, while the middle class in America routinely leaves their doors unlocked and live lives free of fear.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

while the middle class in America routinely leaves their doors unlocked and live lives free of fear.

Nice joke. Not sure where you're living, but this isn't true at all in most of the US.

[–]HeyImSancho 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Short of the part you site, the rest of it is somewhat accurate. 3rd world living is something to get used to, and it's coming to the US faster than I'd have imagined.

[–]HopeThatHalps 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Are you one of those "concealed carry" guys, by any chance?

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No. But people don't leave their doors unlocked in the US anymore, even in smaller towns.