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If you divided all the stocks issued in the US stock markets by issue number

and put them in a basket, chose one randomly,

there is an 87% chance that that specific stock belongs to someone in the top 10% of wealth in the country.

There’s either millions or billions of stocks in existence, but this is still true.

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[–] cornshark@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago

That certainly raises more questions than answers!

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The Vietnam War is winding down which depleted the US treasury.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe that’s when the neoliberals (dems and republicans started making America grate again?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wait, they stopped selling shredded cheese in 1973?