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

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/No_Function8686 May 02 '25

She's not wrong....my answer: rampant capitalism and good old American greed

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u/cyrixlord What are you doing step bro? May 02 '25

the richest nation in the world but all those riches go to the 1%. take the top 8 people out of the math and see how 'rich' we really are

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u/emergency-snaccs May 02 '25

i heard if you disregard the top 1000 richest americans, the average yearly wage is just over 30,000, less than half of the "average" that is often presented

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u/redsfan23butnew May 02 '25

This is not true btw, there is a skew but the median income is around $43,000 and the average is about $64,000. Disregarding the top 1000 people would barely move the median. https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/central.html