Mrkawfee@lemmy.world to Today I learned@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoToday I learned that the top 10% of earners in the US account for almost 50% of consumptionwww.morningbrew.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down13
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkToday I learned that the top 10% of earners in the US account for almost 50% of consumptionwww.morningbrew.comMrkawfee@lemmy.world to Today I learned@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squarePringles@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoThis has been the norm throughout most of history.
minus-squareHailSeitan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoThe last few years maybe, at least since agriculture enabled standing armies, but not for most of human history, which has frequently been egalitarian and communal
minus-squareMrkawfee@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·2 months agoTrue but it is new to the American experience since World War 2.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoThe US has always been built to satisfy the top.
minus-squareKallestar@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoA Brief History of Income Inequality in the US For further reading I’d highly recommend the book A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn.
This has been the norm throughout most of history.
The last few years maybe, at least since agriculture enabled standing armies, but not for most of human history, which has frequently been egalitarian and communal
True but it is new to the American experience since World War 2.
The US has always been built to satisfy the top.
A Brief History of Income Inequality in the US
For further reading I’d highly recommend the book A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn.