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A recent study has found that the richest 10 percent of the world population are responsible for two-thirds of observable climate warming (futurism.com)
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[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 1 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

130k is a new car and some savings. With ~70k annual income, this isn't that hard to achieve

[–] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Okaaaay, but I've never had a new car, have zero savings, and despite making more money than I ever have in my entire life, I still don't even clear $50k before taxes. But I guess if it's not that hard to achieve I'll just go ahead and grab these boot straps here and- oops! They broke.

[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not saying your life is a sunshine and rainbow. Just that there's shitload of people who make more than enough to pass that threshold

[–] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago

Yes, like I said, "around 50%" in the U.S. I'm just saying the phrase, "Chances are you're in that 10%" is highly reductive and ignorant considering that half of Americans are not, in fact, passing that threshold.