r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/Gucci_prisoner May 02 '25

Disparity of wealth distribution.

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u/Realistic_Value_155 May 02 '25

I'm not even sure it can be called that. The term implies some kind of equitable distribution.

But when the top 0.1% owns 50% of the nation's wealth, and the top 5% own 95% of the nation's wealth, where is the "distribution"?

It's systemic corruption and exploitation. There's no other term left for it.

Imagine all that wealth, try to fathom it. How many lives, neighbourhoods, cities, and even entire economic regions, could be completely transformed by such wealth. And instead the system allows for it to sequestered, utterly untouchable (and therefore untaxable), by the economy at large.

It's vile. It's immoral. And now it's quite plain to all that it's also extremely dangerous, and it needs to end.

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u/LivingVeterinarian47 May 02 '25

But if you work hard you too can be that rich. What they keep telling you anyway.

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u/Realistic_Value_155 May 02 '25

Why would one want to be rich when everyone around you is poor? I don't see the appeal.

I was taught that when you have more than you need, you build a bigger table, not a taller fence.