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p-e-wtoday at 3:09 PM3 repliesview on HN

The top 10% of the planet aren’t “the rich”, what a gross and incendiary misuse of the term.


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titotoday at 3:38 PM

The top 10% richest humans emit about half of all emissions.

Decile 10 (richest): ~48%

Decile 9: ~15%

Decile 8: ~10%

Decile 7: ~8%

Decile 6: ~6%

Deciles 1 through 5 combined: ~12%, so about 1 to 3% each

Sources like this: www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-releases/richest-1-emit-as-much-planet-heating-pollution-as-two-thirds-of-humanity-oxfam/

hocuspocustoday at 3:45 PM

If you live in better material conditions than 90% of the world population, you're rich, by definition. This is nearly half the global CO2 footprint.

infinitezesttoday at 3:45 PM

What would _you_ call the top 10% richest people in the world? Middle upper, upper, upper, upper class?