DandomRude@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-221 hours agoMost of the misery in the world is the direct result of too much money in too few unscrupulous hands. This is not only the cause of the vast majority of human suffering, but also of climate change.message-squaremessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1457arrow-down117
arrow-up1440arrow-down1message-squareMost of the misery in the world is the direct result of too much money in too few unscrupulous hands. This is not only the cause of the vast majority of human suffering, but also of climate change.DandomRude@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-221 hours agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 hours agoYour example isn’t bad. You could go further. 1,000,000 vs 1,000,000,000. Massive difference. The problem is when we live in a world when we have millions of people with less than $1,000, and others have more than $300,000,000,000.
minus-squaretomiant@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-211 hours agoHere’s another problematic aspect of the same- In 1913 there were 435 representatives in Congress. The population of the United States was ~97 million. In 2026 there are still 435 representatives. The population is about ~335 million. In 1913 each representative spoke for roughly 223,000 people. In 2026 each representative speaks for roughly 770,000 people. In 1789 there were 65 representatives, and about 4 million people, speaking for ~60,500 people each. Scale matters, a lot.
Your example isn’t bad. You could go further. 1,000,000 vs 1,000,000,000. Massive difference.
The problem is when we live in a world when we have millions of people with less than $1,000, and others have more than $300,000,000,000.
Here’s another problematic aspect of the same-
In 1913 there were 435 representatives in Congress. The population of the United States was ~97 million.
In 2026 there are still 435 representatives. The population is about ~335 million.
In 1913 each representative spoke for roughly 223,000 people.
In 2026 each representative speaks for roughly 770,000 people.
In 1789 there were 65 representatives, and about 4 million people, speaking for ~60,500 people each.
Scale matters, a lot.