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The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won. (gizmodo.com)
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[–] 18 points 3 years ago (2 children)

To be richer than 90% of people you need to have a net worth of $90,000 USD.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Damn. I've got more than that and I sure as hell don't feel like a ten percenter.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    That can't possibly be true. I'm not saying you're lying, just... holy shit I though it'd be way more than that. This is for US citizens?

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The number was $1,212,000 to be in the 90th percentile in the US in 2017 according to https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2020/demo/p70br-170.pdf

    But worldwide, it was indeed about $93,000. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/07/how-much-money-you-need-to-be-in-the-richest-10-percent-worldwide.html

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    This is for all people, worldwide. North America is very rich, relatively speaking.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    I mean, wouldn’t be too out-there. How many Americans are living paycheck to paycheck with some sort of massive debt? How many can’t afford to have any assets? How many more accrue even greater debt to either survive, or drop money they don’t have on shit they don’t need (like that latest BMW) just so they can keep up with the Joneses?

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