Anspruchsquelle:
https://ourworldindata.org/global-ineQuality-opportunity-to-give
Einige Punkte, die ich aus dem Artikel nehme:
- Das 16K -CHF -Einkommen bringt jemanden in die Top 10% weltweit einkommensübergreifend. [As I said many times to my friends, anyone working in Switzerland belongs to the top 10%]
- Die Schweiz müsste ihre derzeitige ausländische Hilfe fast verdoppeln, um ihre Versprechen an die UN zu erfüllen. [I think this point is really important, as it makes a real difference in saving life, but it is politically unpopular sadly].
Wenn wir also das nächste Mal über Ungleichheit sprechen, sollten wir in unseren Aussagen XD vielleicht genauer gesagt
To those who earns more than 16k CHF after tax: You are part of the rich of the world 😁
byu/neo2551 inSwitzerland
Von neo2551
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Inequality between a Somalian and a Swiss exist. Inegality between someone that lives paycheck to paycheck in Switzerland and a CEO also exist. Two thing can be true, doesn’t make one stronger than the other.
Wow!
But 16K is impossible to live at in Switzerland. Purchase power is very important.
Is that statistic adjusted for purchasing power?
16k after tax is probably in the top 10% of swiss earners. Not sure what this post is about
Yeah but seriously. What you can buy for your money is not the same here as in other counties. It’s disingenuous to compare, it’s like apples and oranges.
If the cheapest possible apartment costs 800 per month for a room in a coloc, you can’t make comparisons with a country where that will get you a 2 bedroom penthouse.
have some coins in my pocket as we speak. i am opening my own hotel!
>next time that we speak about inequality, we should maybe more precise in our statements xD
Couldn’t agree more.
Perhaps we could start, if we are going to talk about poverty, by [differentiating between absolute and relative poverty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measuring_poverty).
And if we were talking about inequality, maybe we could stop talking about absolute net income as if it was a statistically valid measure of inequality, and look to indicators such as
* the [Gini Coefficient](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient),
* the [Sustainable Development Goals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goals), or
* established [Quality of Life indicators](https://unhabitat.org/annual-report-2024),
so as – being in the global top 10% earning bracket collectively notwithstanding – not to risk gaslighting and ultimately throwing under the bus the ever-growing demographic of people, especially children, impacted by food insecurity and restricted access to healthcare and several other measures [poverty in developed countries](https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/poverty-rate.html), perhaps with a special focus on the also ever-growing population of [working poor](https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/working-poverty/).
„Don’t complain about your working conditions or not being able to afford health insurance premiums, there’s children starving somewhere“ is such a coloniser trope, and it reinforces inequality through *divide et impera* and distraction from extraction, as opposed to eradicating inequality.
So yeah, I’m all on board with being precise in our statements when we speak about inequality.
Wow… Then my Landlord is verrrrrrry rich. That number doesn’t even cover my apartment’s rent…