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Top 1% of U.S. Earners Now Hold More Wealth Than All of the Middle Class (www.bloomberg.com)
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[โ€“] pudcollar@lemmy.ml 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

"Earner" doesn't sound like the right word for people who make their money by owning things instead of working.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

yeah these are rentier class