Oxfam Study

 

 

   “A new Oxfam study reveals that while Brazil has made progress in social indicators and poverty reduction in recent years, the concentration of income and wealth at the top remains alarming.
  The report shows that the top 1% holds nearly a quarter of all national income, maintaining control over wealth and political influence.
   Gender and racial disparities also persist as central pillars of Brazilian socioeconomic inequality.”

  (Globo - September 2026)

William >> I make 2k, my boss makes 10k, 5 times as much.

  You make 10k, your boss makes 100k, 10 times as much.

  Looking strictly at the financial side, you live much better than I do.

  Inequality isn't inherently evil.

  “The report shows that the top 1% holds nearly a quarter of all national income, maintaining control over wealth and political influence.”

William >> That’s just the same old “surplus value” dogma, the idea that the worker creates wealth and the employer steals (absorbs) it from them.

  But without the company, what kind of wealth would the worker create on their own?!

   If workers could generate wealth all by themselves... why would they go work for someone else?!

  Shouldn't the person who built the business have control over their own assets?!

  A rich person's vote counts just as much as a poor person's vote, and since there are far more poor people, the political influence of non-wealthy voters is actually much greater.

 “Gender and racial disparities also persist 

as central pillars of Brazilian socioeconomic inequality.”

  Here’s another point where it’s hard to find a real correlation.

  There is nothing in our laws stopping anyone from becoming an entrepreneur once they reach adulthood.

  If one gender or race takes bigger risks, they’ll take bigger falls, but they’ll also achieve the best outcomes.

  Other races and genders that feel like "victims" should take more risks, too.

  If they are as competent as they think they are, the results will follow.

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