https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60807

families in the top 10 percent of the distribution held 60 percent of all wealth

families in the top 1 percent of the distribution held 27 percent

one trillion = 1,000 billions

~$2 trillion in 5 people: Elon, Larry page, Sergey Brin, Jeff bezos, Larry Ellison https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/

5 people own 10% of the wealth?

Really interesting question. Specifically thinking about out in the wild west I can imagine 2 scenarios.

1. is that everyone would go to church on a Sunday and perhaps get an idea on what neighbours are doing: planting, harvesting, etc.

2. It’s the weather & season that defines when crops should be planted, rather than a fixed date.

“People have already tasted the drug of welfare.”

States the 30 year old American-educated “heir to a business empire”.