2025-12-31 04:00:11

The real problem with income inequality isn't that top earners have prospered—it's that the bottom 30% are barely moving the needle. That's the crucial distinction most people miss.

The failure isn't celebrating success at the top. It's leaving millions stranded without meaningful progress. When you look at wage growth, asset accumulation, and economic mobility for that segment, the numbers tell a sobering story. Meanwhile, wealth concentration continues accelerating.

This matters for anyone thinking about markets and cycles. If purchasing power stagnates for the broader base while capital accumulates at the top, it reshapes consumer behavior, credit dynamics, and asset valuations. The structural imbalance isn't just a social issue—it's an economic headwind that compounds over time.

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NFTRegretter

· 2h ago

The fact that 30% of the underlying wages are stagnant is truly a bottomless pit Honestly, that's why I believe the market will eventually need to adjust. Once consumer spending power breaks down, how can the market hold up? People at the bottom have no money to spend, no matter how much the upper levels hype it up, it's useless

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MissingSats

· 2h ago

The bottom 30% are really standing still, and that's the key issue... It's not about envying how much the people above are making. Basically, it's the death of purchasing power. The people below have no consumption ability, and the money above can't be spent either. This cycle is truly frightening.

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orphaned_block

· 2h ago

The stagnation at the bottom... is really an invisible killer; the market will eventually have to pay for it. --- In plain terms, it's a collapse in purchasing power; the consumption side has no strength, and no matter how much profit is made above, it’s useless. --- NGL, this point hits home... the concentration of capital will inevitably backfire in the end. --- The key is that those 30% of people simply see no way out; they are systematically trapped. --- A typical case of bad money driving out good; without motivation at the bottom, the market lacks vitality.

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