“1%” is a poor talking point for that, as I think we agree; it’s much too broad a brush. This is especially true when alleging wide-spread (indeed, centuries-old) coordinated oppression by this 1%.
Ok. All I asked for was a cite that backed your claim, since the one you provided did not.
Well, changed my mind again. 
This by septimus http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8494939965_1956d5262d.jpg is a better look at things. Let’s call it 1917 if you like. Aloha
That’s income, not wealth.
I do understand the difference but don’t have enough interest in the subject to further research it. Why don’t you?
I do think a flat tax on wealth instead of income coupled with a claw-back estate tax would be a good tax reform. Aloha
Do you believe wealth inequality would measure as less than income inequality?
I joined the thread only to post the informative graph that shows the very interesting fact that half the income of the 1% is earned by the top 0.1% … and half the income of the 0.1% is earned by the top 0.01%.
And the above is your contribution? :smack:
One finds the statistics one can find. If wealth statistics are so interesting to you (and I didn’t notice any particular interest in them by other posters), why don’t you Google for them?
ETA: Hint: IRS publishes income statistics. Wealth is often secret. One finds the statistics one can find.
This! Aloha
There are 1342 billionaires in the world. Forbes Billionaires 2023: The Richest People In The World .
1342 billionaires represent .0000002% of the world’s population of 7 billion. These are the people who run the world and your life. Think not? Think again.
Aloha
While this is the forum for witnessing, this is a political debate and your religious belief in that claim is irrelevant without actual supporting evidence.
That the wealthiest people are capable of wielding more influence than the poor is nearly tautological. That there are 1342 people in the world who are “controlling” it, even though many of them will be in opposition to each other, while pretending that coalitions of millionaires could not defeat billionaires or that larger coalitions of people who are even less wealthy could have no say in the way the world works is nothing but a religious belief, (or, worse, a common CT).
If your belief was true, the Koch brothers would have already gotten Romney elected president and be well on the way to implementing all the Tea Party nonsense that they supported, (having created the Tea Party, to begin with).
I could easily make a good case for money will out but I won’t continue to highjack the OP which posed the question Is our educational system maladaptive? My answer is that it suits the one percent just fine.
Aloha
That was not the claim you made, but I am happy to see you abandon the hijack.
