• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    That’s not how purchasing power parity works. You compare the incomes with the same power, no matter what class they are in their regional economy.

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      2 hours ago

      thats sort of what i mean. if i were to compare it like that, only our 1% would be on par with the western middle class.