[l3v3ll]

Quit down playing the inequality. Let me make the math easier. Of 10 people, one owns 86% of the stock. The other 9 fight for the other 14%. You are trying to justify that and it’s unfortunate. Also, the few billionaires are still very much a problem. However, the top 10% still displays a large inequality, quite the opposite of “doing very well”. And, I’m glad there are 10%’ers who are pro-equality, they aren’t complaining about being oppressed. They are displaying solidarity with the less fortunate and I hope they are showing it by voting for pro equality measures and politicians (an oxy-moron, I know, but there’s a few good ones).

[ryandrake]

More like one owns 86% of the stock, 4.5 own no stock at all, and the remaining 4.5 fight it out.

45% of Americans do not own a shred of stock at all, including indirectly through mutual funds or retirement accounts [1].

1: https://news.gallup.com/poll/266807/percentage-americans-own...

[l3v3ll]

True, it’s hard to relate to the people defending the status quo in these comments. I think I am usually pretty good at understanding the other side of the argument, but tough for me here.