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cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/57305272

Total billionaire wealth in the EU reached €2.4 trillion by late November, exceeding Italy's entire GDP of €2.2 trillion and approaching France's €2.9 trillion economy, a new Oxfam report found.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20260118190308/https://euobserver.com/health-and-society/ara3abf5ee

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[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago
[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

No shit, Sherlock (c)

Waiting for another news. Like water is wet and education should function well

[–] Kaz@lemmy.org 8 points 1 month ago

Now lets do another massively funded research project to figure out the next step a lot of people already know.. LOBBYING!!

Rich people use Lobbying groups to manipulate countries and ruin the sovereignty of the nation, have done so since Lobbying groups were added to Capitilism...

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's good science to challenge assumptions or previously accepted findings.

Usually these studies examine multiple factors for whatever context, then draw an overall conclusion based on the cumulative findings. This is then simplified by media, which then gets a bunch of "well duh" comments by people who don't read the news article or the research report.

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 month ago

Poor people: "Well I guess there's only one solution really." Gestures to unpaid taxes and clears throat.

Billionaires: "Yes..." Looks at AI and fully automated societies before clutching pocketbook closer. "One final solution."

[–] darkmogool@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago
[–] olenkoVD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

Are we waiting to hear it from the news to believe it?

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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