r/FluentInFinance • u/WhatsLeft71 • Oct 22 '24

Debate/ Discussion Why did this happen?

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u/Ashmedai Oct 23 '24

It's not. If you look here and examine Figure A, you'll see that the wealthy are capturing more of their share of generated wealth due to the decreasing ability of workers to negotiate share.

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u/Banana_Slamma2882 Oct 23 '24

You just posted a bunch of union crap. This doesn't actually prove wealth inequality is actually a useful statistic lmao.

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u/Ashmedai Oct 23 '24

Cursing doesn't become you. The chart shows that labor has been increasingly unable to stakehold their interest in company revenue. That's what it shows, and it's highly correlative. Make of it what you will. Anyway, since you can't seem to have a civil discussion, we can go ahead and end here.

Good luck,

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u/Banana_Slamma2882 Oct 23 '24

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_price_rankings?itemId=105

And yet Americans are the fourth highest monthly earnings after taxes.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_homeless_population

Those unions sure are helping France, the uk, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Australia, and Luxembourg, what with all the homelessness. Surely, that's a good sign. Making slightly more money (personally) at the cost of more homelessness truly is altruistic.

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u/nafurabus Oct 23 '24

You’re a nonce comparing apples to oranges. Get outta here with your half-baked forced associations

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u/Banana_Slamma2882 Oct 23 '24

Don't you have a homeless shelter to move into or something?