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[โ€“] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If income were equally distributed then everyone would make like 130k

Proportionally 100k is what most people used to make in the us before the post ww2 corruption

[โ€“] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Freaking hell, are all boomers that spoiled because of this single fact?

[โ€“] Yoga@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://www.statista.com/topics/11566/wages-and-salaries-worldwide/#topicOverview

Average global income under 10k USD so the initial conclusion of "Americans have too much money, I swear." is correct.

[โ€“] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I'm born and raised in South America. First time I went into first world and saw the price of milk, as a tourist, with my South American salary, I freaked out because I couldn't afford it.