It is really sad to see people wrapped in plastic to hug loved ones...
They have literally sold the world on their sales pitch... https://t.co/AAxxaeOdUN
\U0001f926\u200d\u2642\ufe0fPeople have lost their minds. pic.twitter.com/EFL0D5llgL
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I think it is relatable to what we have experienced. I was working on other things as well... https://t.co/U7mS9QyjFD
I was working on something before the election that became the election...
— Werise (@We_Have_Risen) January 7, 2021
Color revolutions are real and we just witnessed one live and direct...
1. pic.twitter.com/2u4rDGvl9N
I saw a question asking what data and I answered him. I would gladly share the data & methodology. But I guess I am one of those lowly anons...
before accepting calculations from anonymous (or even non-anymous) sources, insist on a citation to original data so that it can be checked. I'm told (but haven't seen reference by Werise) that this comes from NYT json data https://t.co/6SD5ENF137. I'll comment on this data. pic.twitter.com/nqphPoqTa6
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This New York Times feature shows China with a Gini Index of less than 30, which would make it more equal than Canada, France, or the Netherlands. https://t.co/g3Sv6DZTDE
That's weird. Income inequality in China is legendary.
Let's check this number.
2/The New York Times cites the World Bank's recent report, "Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across Generations Around the World".
The report is available here:
3/The World Bank report has a graph in which it appears to show the same value for China's Gini - under 0.3.
The graph cites the World Development Indicators as its source for the income inequality data.
4/The World Development Indicators are available at the World Bank's website.
Here's the Gini index: https://t.co/MvylQzpX6A
It looks as if the latest estimate for China's Gini is 42.2.
That estimate is from 2012.
5/A Gini of 42.2 would put China in the same neighborhood as the U.S., whose Gini was estimated at 41 in 2013.
I can't find the <30 number anywhere. The only other estimate in the tables for China is from 2008, when it was estimated at 42.8.
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