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...which means that just 20% of the people owned a remarkable 85%, leaving only 15% of the wealth for the bottom 80%...

They're making it sound like the top percentage of wealthy people are hogging the wealth, taking it away from everyone else. What about the possibility that the top 20% had a considerable hand in creating that additional 15% of wealth?



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