James R Kirk to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish • 5 days 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-square58fedilinkarrow-up1455arrow-down17cross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
arrow-up1448arrow-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 to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish • 5 days agomessage-square58fedilinkcross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
minus-squareBlackLaZoRlinkfedilink2•5 days 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-square@MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink1•5 days 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.