{"id":64805,"date":"2023-01-20T12:15:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T17:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64805"},"modified":"2023-01-20T12:15:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T17:15:40","slug":"richest-1-begin-eyeing-up-all-the-stuff-you-still-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64805","title":{"rendered":"Richest 1% begin eyeing up all the stuff you still own"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header cf\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsthump.com\/2023\/01\/20\/richest-1-begin-eyeing-up-all-the-stuff-you-still-own\/\">Richest 1% begin eyeing up all the stuff you still own<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/newsthump.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rich-old-tory-1024x538.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsthump.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rich-old-tory-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsthump.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rich-old-tory-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsthump.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rich-old-tory-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsthump.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rich-old-tory-640x336.jpg 640w, https:\/\/newsthump.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rich-old-tory-900x473.jpg 900w, https:\/\/newsthump.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rich-old-tory.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"rich old tory\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>The richest 1% of people on the planet have started looking at the stuff you\u2019ve been allowed to keep, according to sources this morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After officially managing to own\u00a0half of all the world\u2019s wealth, the top 1% said that this meant there was still room for 100% growth within their current portfolio of assets.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-video-placeholder-3\" class=\"ezoic-videopicker-video\"><\/span>Rich bastard, Charles\u00a0Wentworth, said, \u201cYes, we\u2019ve got expensive properties, nice cars and investments in lots and lots of companies \u2013 but it\u2019s got to the point where I think we should start looking to extend our portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c50% of all the world\u2019s wealth is a good start, of course, but that means there\u2019s another 50% of the world\u2019s wealth out there that we don\u2019t currently own \u2013 well, not yet anyway.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-video-placeholder-2\" class=\"ezoic-videopicker-video\"><\/span><span id=\"ezoic-pub-video-placeholder-1\" class=\"ezoic-videopicker-video\"><\/span>\u201cI\u2019m talking about things like Ford Fiestas, IKEA wardrobes, Sky Q boxes \u2013 that sort of thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot your typical wish list for a multi-millionaire, admittedly, but we\u2019ve got to keep growing. Obviously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re coming for it. Of that you be assured.\u201dThose outside the 1% have been left crestfallen at the news that the tiny bit of wealth they\u2019ve been allowed to accrue during their meagre existence is likely to become part of some inconsequential piece of a wealthy arsehole\u2019s portfolio of assets.<\/p>\n<p>99%-er Simon Williams told us, \u201cCouldn\u2019t they just leave us with a few bits of pieces? Do they really have to have\u00a0<em>everything<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, they can come for my wealth all they like, but I warn you now, they will have to prise my Sky remote from my cold dead hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richest 1% begin eyeing up all the stuff you still own The richest 1% of people on the planet have started looking at the stuff you\u2019ve been allowed to keep, according to sources this morning. After officially managing to own\u00a0half of all the world\u2019s wealth, the top 1% said that this meant there was still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[33600,33601,33394,6979],"class_list":["post-64805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-liberty","tag-newsthump","tag-rich-smith","tag-ruling-caste","tag-ruling-elite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64806,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64805\/revisions\/64806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}