He’s not taking about the richest 1% of Americans.
Even if he was your examples are disingenuous. Musk and Bezos aren’t representative of even the richest 1% of Americans.
Even if he was your examples are disingenuous. Musk and Bezos aren’t representative of even the richest 1% of Americans.
Get a napkin and sanity check yourself. 1% of 8 billion people is 80 million. There are 330 million people in America. If all of the global 1% are in America and not also in Europe and Asia, which is obvious bullshit, then only 24% of Americans are in that 1% and the remaining 76% are in the lower 99%.
And do you really think only Americans eat meat and wear cheap clothing? Get real.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37708114 (Sept 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36792165 (July 2023)
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