Everything just seems so out of control. The US seems to be tearing itself apart. The world is on fire. We seem to be going backwards when it comes to freedom and human rights. We’ve turned our backs on each other. How do you cope with all this without just giving up?

  • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    The “world” is also getting richer. But the average person is getting poorer.

    I’m sorry I don’t understand this statement. How could this be true in a way that doesn’t violate logic?

    • ArumiOrnaught@kbin.social
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      9 months ago

      Pretend an x,y graph

      Put a bell curve in it. This will be money
      Put one behind it. This will be population.

      Now increase money curve and shift it to the right. Push it so far it stops being a bell curve and becomes an exponential curve.

      What’s the phrase? 1% owns 99% of the wealth? So there is more money in the system, but fewer people have “middle class” money.