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Doing it over world wealth/population (454385÷8.2) gives 55,412 USD per capita, which tell how skewed is wealth in the US.
Now you know why redistribution won't happpen. The fucking tankies won't be happy with limiting redistribution to the nation. They don't want national, they want international socialism.
In that scenario, it's better to keep going as before. Whatever people have now, the ones who can implement the change have more than 55,412 USD.
Tankies even have a word for it, if workers earn more than the average: Labor aristocracy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_aristocracy
What is this obsession with the term "tankies" on Lemmy nowadays? Fled here from Reddit because it had turned into a quagmire of American politics, rage and misery. The others fleeing seem to have brought it with them.
I am sorry. It was meant as a dark joke but totally flopped.
The link is still helpful. There is not much room for improvement if the current situation is good enough for most people.
No worries, I've told my fair share of compete flops, many of them in front of everyone at work. 😆
I think the phrase we're looking for is panem et circenses; bread and circus. That's the delicate balance the powers that be are using to keep the general populace complacent. Any developed society is three meals away from collapse, but when we have a steady supply of junk food and Netflix binges coming our way, we're just too comfortable to care.