this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023
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[โ€“] jere344@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As much as I agree with the idea behind this meme, a quick google search place the world wealth at 10 trillion and the top 8 richest at 1trillion, so 10% and not 50%.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

this was the case according to Oxfam in 2017, I'm not aware of any dramatic wealth redistribution since https://www.oxfam.ca/news/just-8-men-own-same-wealth-as-half-the-world-says-new-oxfam-report/