• zerfuffle@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It says that the top 1% makes 140k USD…

    The most comprehensive study of global climate inequality ever undertaken shows that this elite group, made up of 77 million people including billionaires, millionaires and those paid more than US$140,000 (£112,500) a year

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      1 year ago

      Lemmy probably has a disproportionate number of tech bros who make that or more, but that’s wayyy out of reach at least for most Americans.

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      1 year ago

      Ah apparently we are all middle class. But if your bank account has over 100k in it, you are suddenly an “elite group” polluter. There is no difference between the tech-bro living in a manhattan apartment and Hyundai Heavy Industries.