The World’s Richest Made $237 Billion This Year

There is approximately 7 billion people living on this planet; meaning, that if this $237 billion figure was divided equally and not being hoarded by <1% of the population, everyone could have $33,800,000,000 to themselves and there would still be more than $50,000,000 left over.

That's right, you, your mom, your sister, your daddy, your brother, your uncle; every single person you know could have more than 33 billion dollars to themselves.

Imagine what our planet would like if humanity cooperated and worked together for the benefit of us all. Imagine how advanced our infrastructure would be, how fast your internet, how nice your neighborhoods. Imagine the insane boost in the advancement of technology that would occur if even small percentages of this wealth was shared with the rest of us.

Instead there is an elite few that hoard up all the wealth of the world, wealth that belongs to all of us, to such a vast degree that to compare your wealth with these people makes us all look like slaves. In fact, we are slaves. We all work very hard for such a small amount of money, which, when compared to the wealth of that 1% is minuscule.

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