r/FluentInFinance • u/ProgressiveSpark • 29d ago

Wealth inequality in America: beliefs, perceptions and reality. Discussion/ Debate

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What do Americans think good wealth distribution looks like; what they think actual American wealth inequality looks like; and what American wealth inequality actually is like.

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u/wrbear 29d ago edited 29d ago

It would be interesting to see how the top 10% are tied to the government via science, education, munitions, and the medical field.

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u/The_Jump_Humpers 29d ago

Not sure what world you live in. Scientists and healthcare workers aren't making nearly as much as finance and tech bros.

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u/The_Jump_Humpers 29d ago

I don't know if this is sarcasm or not. Certainly there are a lot of smart people in finance and tech. I think a major issue is that finance bros will fund clubbing baby seals if it earns them a buck. tech bros spend all day trying to figure out how to make an app that 'changes the world' or 'destabilizes an industry' when in reality they just make money off of an app that makes it so that cab drivers can't afford afford health insurance.

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u/Cory123125 29d ago

I think you are making a classic mistake.

Theres like 2 classes of each.

The class that is under that label because they like the street cred of "working hard " and "being smart" that it gives them, and the others actually do the grunt work.

Of course some of that will inevitably be that people really can operate in silos and be savants in one area while being brain dead in others. Im sure the mad working hours of the grunts helps this.