cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/467394

My first time trying cross-posting, hope I did this right

Source: Piketty’s World Inequality Report 2022

I shared this deep in a dunk thread earlier and figured there’s probably many comrades who haven’t seen this data. I think it’s very good rhetorically because a lot of libs have an incredibly vibes-based impression that the Soviet Union was just an Animal Farm old-boss-same-as-the-new-boss situation.

Instead, this demonstrates that Russia underwent one of the most dramatic inversions of income inequality of any country in recorded history.

For comparison here is the US over the same time period:

China:

And the UK:

  • MF_COOM [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
    16·
    10 months ago

    Genuinely the most frustrating thing about reading Capital in the 21st Century (which has some genuinely good shit in it but is frustrating to read as a leftist for obvious reasons) is his continued utter dismissiveness of socialist projects.

    Like it betrays such a deep lack of curiosity that you’re writing The Big Book of Inequality and don’t think there might be anything of interest to consider about countries that dedicated their entire political economy to the concept.

    • Parsani [love/loves, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      12·
      10 months ago

      Yeah I couldn’t finish it because he has terminal brainworms which limit how far he can take his analysis. He has proudly said he hasn’t read Capital, and it shows.

      The graphs and data he put together for Capital in the 21st century are excellent though.