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In response to
"ramping income inequality + removal/undermining of/corruption of the social safety net -- nm"
by
rollo
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This one I struggle with a bit more. There are demonstrably fewer*[Edit] people in poverty (at least in North America) today than fifty years ago. -- (edited)
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The gap with the ultra rich does have impacts.
This notion of "I'm a citizen of the world" amongst 25-50year old rich folks appears to be affecting local philanthropic activity as just one example. There's a generation of benefactors taking family money out of particular communities.
I'm just not sure that it's a clean indication to say that it is impacting in a materially-poorer way politically.
* - As a percentage of the population.
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