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My aunt and uncle went on a state sponsored trip and got the impression that they have a stronger middle class than we do. From what I can piece together I’d tend to agree. But ya I guess we’ll know for sure with more hindsight.

Gotta love the two biggest economy’s in the world and you can’t find/trust good data

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marcos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

they have a stronger middle class than we do

They official numbers are worse than the US:

worldpopulationreview.com/…/gini-coefficient-by-c…

The problem is this is an easy thing to lie about, so their official numbers are certainly complete fabrications. And they still weren’t bold enough to fabricate something that put them above the US.

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- TronBronson@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
  Well considering we had a huge head start, I really don’t value the comparison that much anyway.
  
  Let’s look at it a different way, is their middle class growing while ours is contracting? Let’s consider the trend and not the specific point in time.
  
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