James R Kirk@startrek.website to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 day agoA recent study has found that the richest 10 percent of the world population are responsible for two-thirds of observable climate warmingfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1445arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1438arrow-down1external-linkA recent study has found that the richest 10 percent of the world population are responsible for two-thirds of observable climate warmingfuturism.comJames R Kirk@startrek.website to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square58linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 day agoI’m not saying your life is a sunshine and rainbow. Just that there’s shitload of people who make more than enough to pass that threshold
minus-squareMnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoYes, like I said, “around 50%” in the U.S. I’m just saying the phrase, “Chances are you’re in that 10%” is highly reductive and ignorant considering that half of Americans are not, in fact, passing that threshold.
I’m not saying your life is a sunshine and rainbow. Just that there’s shitload of people who make more than enough to pass that threshold
Yes, like I said, “around 50%” in the U.S. I’m just saying the phrase, “Chances are you’re in that 10%” is highly reductive and ignorant considering that half of Americans are not, in fact, passing that threshold.