Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/26/billionaires-wealth-oxfam-report

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narr1@lemmy.ml · 27 pts · 1y (5 replies)

kill 'em all

Pilferjinx@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Even Putin?

wise_pancake@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 1y

narr1@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Pilfer "I Am Very Smart" Jinx

Pilferjinx@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You're the one flying the tankie flag. If you're not one, that's fine, I apologize. But I'm just so sick of .ml hypocrisy.

narr1@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

yeah np, it's not like i haven't been called a f-slur from bydriving cars regularly

dinren@discuss.online · 15 pts · 1y (4 replies)
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Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 1y (3 replies)

But it’s fine for them to create a situation where people die.

dinren@discuss.online · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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HurlingDurling@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Can you imagine...

dinren@discuss.online · 3 pts · 1y
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barneypiccolo@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 1y

Take it from them, and distribute it to the workers who earned it, not the guy who cracked the whip.

Tamryel@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

To infinity and beyond! /s

Maeve@kbin.earth · 5 pts · 1y

Spain’s economy minister, Carlos Cuerpo, said during a visit to London last November that the world’s richest countries needed to “be brave”, saying recent elections had shown citizens were demanding “redistribution of wealth”. A survey by Oxfam found that 86% of people supported paying for public services by “closing loopholes” that allow wealthy individuals and large corporations to use tax havens. The government was approached for comment.

I'm a citizen and I support this

abbadon420@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

Congrats

nonentity@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it.

SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
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capital_sniff@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I'm sure next decade they'll turn on that trickle down. Right?

D_C@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 1y

All billionaires are parasites, and all these parasites should be 'dealt with'.