• draco_aeneus@mander.xyz
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    16 hours ago

    The only way to create wealth is via work, e.g., income. It’s not a perfect measure, I concede, since wealth is static and can accumulate over time. However, I think we can still use it as a rough estimation of stolen income over time.

    However, this source claims there is a 70% gap between wages and produced value. That roughly matches the number I gave.

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      14 hours ago

      That is not what that data is or says.

      158 is not 30% of 285 for starters.

      Total wages paid are a bit over half of gdp. 55% is notably quite a bit more than 15%. Think I had gdp from a different year than wages, still closer to accurate than 85%