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    2 months ago

    Yes, you. And me. And probably most of the people reading this, who live in the US or another Western country

    Not quite. 1% of global population is ~80 million people. There are about a billion people in the highly developed nations (US, Canada, Western Europe, Japan, South Korea, and some minor others). So the top 8% of the golden billion, if we assume all in the US, the top ~25% of the country.