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.
    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Again, let’s focus on problems we can solve first. That means taking the beam out of our own eye before we go around criticizing the motes in others, or however that parable goes. We have far worse problems in our own home.

        • dubyakay@lemmy.caEnglish
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          2 days ago

          I was just playing along with their use of language. Irregardless, it doesn’t strike me as Xi would be among billionaires.

          • thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            1 day ago

            Actually Xi is probably the richest person on earth.

            Why? Because China is the world’s 2.5th biggest economy (2nd only to the US when counting countries, but the EU is richer than China and is often counted), and it’s the biggest dictatorship (for now, since the US is at risk of dictatorship). Being a dictator, he COULD just sell parts of the country and I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t be stopped if he tried. And when something can be sold and thus converted to money, it counts as wealth.

            • dubyakay@lemmy.caEnglish
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              20 hours ago

              It’s a good thing then that he uses his power to redistribute wealth, alleviating poverty and building infrastructure.