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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My family is well into the top 5% globally

Is this supposed to be some kind of flex? If you make ~$20k/y in the US you're almost top 5% income globally. Around top 5% range globally is probably somewhat poor in the US. The lowest middle class household income in the US is $40k/y