America’s bottom 50% own just 2.5% of the wealth. How did we get here?

u/TonyLiberty · Reddit — r/FluentInFinance · July 27, 2026 at 19:46 · ⬆ 83 pts · 💬 60 comments  | View on Reddit ↗
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  • The post highlights extreme wealth inequality, with the bottom 50% owning only 2.5% of U.S. wealth, citing Jamie Dimon’s commentary.
  • The author’s thesis is that systemic failures (weak schools, unsafe neighborhoods, few good jobs) have destroyed the American Dream for half the population.
  • Quality assessment: Noise – no original data or financial analysis; purely anecdotal/opinion-based with a political slant.
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