▲ 1323 ▼ Wealth inequality will destroy America. (europe.pub) submitted 4 days ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/workreform@lemmy.world 203 comments fedilink hide all child comments This cartoon from The Seattle Times illustrates how America's economic pizza is actually sliced per capita, highlighting the massive disparity between the Top 1%, the merely wealthy, the upper middle class, and the lower 50%.
[–] Chev@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 child) Don't let perfect be in the way of better. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Steve@communick.news 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) I'm not. I'm asking people to not treat better as the solution; They way they do with rent controls and school loan forgiveness. Buying locally is fine to do, for you in your life, but it has no effect on the larger problem. Too many people pretend it does. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Steve@communick.news 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) I'm not. I'm asking people to not treat better as the solution; They way they do with rent controls and school loan forgiveness. Buying locally is fine to do, for you in your life, but it has no effect on the larger problem. Too many people pretend it does. permalink fedilink source parent