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Share of all income going to the top 10% in 1820 and 2020 (lemmy.world)

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France was extremely unequal 200 years ago; now it's one of the most equal countries

Source: https://twitter.com/xruiztru/status/1687702683250003969

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Diagram is not intuitive, also highly misleading: Do it again with 1970 and 2020, or do a graph over time per country. Because social equality was MUCH better in between & the differences to today's inequality would stand out much more.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Canada wasn't even a country in 1820

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Neither was Germany. :p

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Bah, ça pourrait être mieux, mais y a pire