• invalidusernamelol [he/him]M
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    3 years ago

    They didn't, basically every western country but America would have net decrease in income per Capita with global equal redistribution.

    • pooh [she/her, love/loves]
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      3 years ago

      The Nordic countries would also have a net increase according to this, which seems a little odd to me.

        • pooh [she/her, love/loves]
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          3 years ago

          Oh yeah, it definitely makes sense that the average person in the US would still be better off, but I would think countries like Sweden and Norway would have a net decrease with global wealth being spread evenly. Then again, I just looked up inequality stats and Sweden has higher inequality than the US, so maybe that explains it.

          • invalidusernamelol [he/him]M
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            3 years ago

            I also just meant like 40 or 50% of all global wealth ends up in America or with American nationals so even relatively well off nations would be doing better under global re-distribution.

            But yeah, all capitalist nations are gonna have insane wealth gaps.

      • Barabas [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Almost everyone except for the wealthy are in debt in Sweden at least. Manageable debt, but it is still negative wealth.