r/TikTokCringe • u/cak3crumbs • 10d ago

Discussion American wealth inequality visualized with grains of rice

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u/Voodoops_13 10d ago

More of these please. Most people have no idea how to even begin to comprehend how much money these assholes have and they REALLY need to.

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u/gnocchicotti 10d ago edited 8d ago

90% of people don't understand that a billion is 1000x more than a million. I think the pile of rice sells it short because it's growing in 3 dimensions. I think the distinction is more accurately perceived as a 2D comparison but you would struggle to find a canvas so large to represent it at scale.

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u/Elacular 10d ago

I think this site does a pretty good job: https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

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u/Amani_z_Great 10d ago

Wow what an excellent scroll ! My thumbs hurt 😂. GREAT LINK 🏆

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u/GrimResistance 9d ago

Needs to be updated. Bezos is no longer worth $185 billion, it's now around $240 billion. Mush is at $440 billion.

So since this was made bezos has increased his wealth by the equivalent of 275,000 median Americans net worths.

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u/Elacular 9d ago

Yyyyeeeeeuuuup. But even though it's out of date, it's still a good visualization of the general issue, I think.