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this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2026
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It's funny how he (a university professor from uk) is very probably part of that 10%, but writes as if implied he's not lol. The people in rich countries has really no notion of how rich they are when compared with the rest of the world.
Also, I see that a lot of people around here seem to identify themselves in the top 10%. maybe that explains how I (low-income person from the third world) feel so detached from the community, especially in topics related to tech, as if we lived in different worlds. Well, maybe I really live in a different world than most around...
"In the United States (EU27), the top 10% contribute 3.1 (2.8) times more to global warming than the average citizen, but 17 (8) times more than the global average"
Top 10% is a salary about $155,000 for an individual or $210,000 for US household. Obviously industrialized countries like China, US, India, Russia, etc admit much higher than the global average.
Please state your approx. income and country so we judge you now.
A university professor in the UK is likely not making that.
It says average salary for a permanent UK professor is around 85k pounds. Top 10% can be as high as 115,000 pounds, but it varies greatly on where you live.
I'm from Brazil, and my household (2 people) gets a total of 3200 of local currency (brl) per month, which is 38400 per year, equivalent to about 7470 usd per year. For refecence, the monthly average per capita here is 2264 brl.
Top 10% in Brazil is estimated to be 8k a month but you would probably have more insight than an Internet search so I would appreciate your opinion on that.
What I think is interesting is the assumption that many people you would think aren't in the 10% and how high the 10% actually is. I am sure looking at the top 1% would be an even more extreme version of this.