@silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish • 8 months agoRevealed: the huge climate impact of the middle classes | Carbon emissions of richest 10% is up to 40 times bigger than poorest, and ignoring divide may make ending climate crisis impossiblewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11cross-posted to: geography@mander.xyznews@beehaw.org
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkRevealed: the huge climate impact of the middle classes | Carbon emissions of richest 10% is up to 40 times bigger than poorest, and ignoring divide may make ending climate crisis impossiblewww.theguardian.com@silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: geography@mander.xyznews@beehaw.org
minus-square@grue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•8 months agoYes it is. A large chunk of the richest countries’ middle class is the world’s top 10%. That includes most of the people reading this.
minus-square@Zaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoThe first paragraph of the article is comparing the top 10% to the bottom 10% within the same country
minus-square🐑🇸 🇭 🇪 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇪🐑linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoPeople often forget that the top 10% include the top 1%. I wonder how the statistics would look if the top 1% were removed from the equation.
Yes it is. A large chunk of the richest countries’ middle class is the world’s top 10%. That includes most of the people reading this.
The first paragraph of the article is comparing the top 10% to the bottom 10% within the same country
People often forget that the top 10% include the top 1%.
I wonder how the statistics would look if the top 1% were removed from the equation.