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Russian teens surrendered to police after recording a selfie video in front of a burning oil depot. (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The thread isn't about a US citizen, but yes, as seen at the link, though it's not as bad as in Russia.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, once someone converted it to dollars and started comparing it to costs in the US, it kind of opened the topic, don't you think?

Also, according to both the link you provided and the income inequality page by country, the US and Russia are on par; they both have Gini coefficients of 85-90, and PIP (poverty & inequality plaform) indexes in the 35-40 range.

Which metric did you see that says Russia's wealth inequality is worse than the US's?

[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't see anyone comparing it to costs in the US. The US dollar is still one of the most leading currencies used for trade, and it makes sense to convert to US dollars for the figure to be meaningful outside Russia. Though again, Russia and the US are not quite on par, as the US is 25 on the list with a lower Gini ratio as of the latest data point from 2021. I don't know why you keep shifting it from one subject to another. Just like bringing up the US has no relevance to someone being arrested in Russia, income inequality is not as relevant to my point about wealth inequality.

Edit: Also, if you were 100% in the right on this, the conclusion would then be "Average salary is a poor metric for the US too". OK. So?