• germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        There is still a massive difference between poor people living in slums and people with comfortable, but not ridiculously high income living in a better area.

        • ironhydroxide@partizle.com
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          This is true, but only if you leave out the upper band of the comparison range.

          It’s like saying that there’s a massive difference between the size of a rice grain and the size of a loaf of bread, but leave out the literal planet in comparison.

      • JohnDClay
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        1 year ago

        But there’s a continuum of varying degrees of passive income royalty between the two.