(10-12-2017 08:44 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  Even if you're below the poverty line in the United States you're STILL in the 1%. Congrats Mach, you're filthy ****ing rich compared to the rest of the world.

Not picking on Mach right now, but this is something that most American's that b*tch about the 'wealthy' fail to comprehend. I have friends that live in Namibia and I had the pleasure of visiting them back in 2004.

Anyone want to venture a guess what the 'average' namibian lives on every year? ~$2000 USD. And lets keep in mind the meaning for the word 'average'. The 'average' household income in the US is $59,039, yet if you go around to any small town in the US, you'll find that most people aren't living on $60K. The same goes for Namibia, the average is skewed up because of smaller % of people that make much much more than that.

Lets look at the GDP per capita figures for a bunch of countries...
For Namibia its ~$4,600 USD or about two times the actual average income... keep that in mind while we look at some other counties GDP per capita figures...
Lets pick a country in Africa that people would consider wealthy, like Egypt.
The average there is $3,400. But lets go with somewhere other than Africa. How about a nice country in Europe like Serbia... well the average there is $5,200. Hmm... this isn't going well... lets look at a nice 1st world country like Russia... $9,200.

People in America need to get some perspective on just how good they ACTUALLY have it, before they ***** about what they 'deserve' out of the pockets of those who make more than them.

Figures are UN figures and can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co...per_capita