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55 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 29 Sep \ parent \ on: Where the Richest 0.1% Hold More Wealth Than the Bottom 80% charts_and_maps

Got it. I thought they were trying to show a comparison of the top wealth holders in some countries to the entirety of those other countries.

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121 sats \ 5 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 29 Sep

The question to ask here is:

Why Does Sweden Stand Out?

cc @denlillaapan

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83 sats \ 4 replies \ @denlillaapan 29 Sep

some fintech wonders are registered/from here, e.g., founders of Spotify; some AI dudes, Minecraft; also some legacy firms, like founders/family of H&M or grocery chain founder.

Pulls up the net worth of the top-1/top-0.1% a lot

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86 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 29 Sep

0.1% in Sweden is like one rich dude and his family.

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51 sats \ 2 replies \ @denlillaapan 29 Sep

naaah, a couple of families. (0.1% of 10m people is still 10,000 people.) Many more now that the fintech/Klarna/Spotify/AI wonders have hurled wealth onto the nerds

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84 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 29 Sep

Not all 10,000 have to be rich though. Also, aren’t all you Scandis notoriously closely related?

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51 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 29 Sep

yeeesss-yeeeees.

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