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Who are some people in powerful positions or 1%ers that are genuinely good people? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That doesn’t sound like the 1%. There are 3.6 million 1%ers in the US alone, by definition. Being in the 1% might you very comfortable but it won’t necessarily make you an evil overlord. For that I suspect you need to be in the 0.001% (meaning there’s 3600ish in the US, a more manageable group of absolute bastard. There aren’t 3.6 million disgustingly rich people in the US.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

Putting some numbers (for the US) here, from a recent Forbes article

Joining the top 1% requires a net worth of $11.6 million to $13.7 million