cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/467394

My first time trying cross-posting, hope I did this right

Source: Piketty's World Inequality Report 2022

I shared this deep in a dunk thread earlier and figured there's probably many comrades who haven't seen this data. I think it's very good rhetorically because a lot of libs have an incredibly vibes-based impression that the Soviet Union was just an Animal Farm old-boss-same-as-the-new-boss situation.

Instead, this demonstrates that Russia underwent one of the most dramatic inversions of income inequality of any country in recorded history.

For comparison here is the US over the same time period:

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China:

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And the UK:

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  • KiG V2@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    Damn, not gonna lie the Chinese one is a little disappointing. But I would like to see what it looks like over the next 50 years!

    I think it's also worth mentioning that the U.S. has mastered the art of writing rules and loopholes to their own favor. How many billions if not trillions of dollars of the rich that is hidden away in tax havens or those infinite shell company chains or the the like? Sort of like how the U.S. is only considered moderately corrupt when we are literally so corrupt that it is legal and normal.