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   In short, Oxfam is reporting that billionaires are threat to human life and a chief source of authoritarianism and poverty.

   I mean, it’s not anything really new, but the interesting thing is that one of the most reputable global anti-poverty organizations is naming the problem with facts and data.

   I can expect or I would not be surprised if the Labour government now moves to attack oxfam

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     Oxfam report: billionaires destroying democracy

     I am currently listening to Beckwith’s video upload on this of the rise the billionaires which is just a reading of this report. He has pointed out that the philosopher Ingrid Robeyns has pegged the definition of extreme wealth at $10 million. This figure is in line with the level of wealth where the interest income provides a more than comfortable life

     h/t Paul Beckwith

     https://oi-files-d8-prod.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2026-01/EN%20-%20Resisting%20the%20Rule%20of%20the%20Rich_0.pdf

     Mr. Bill repeated this.