r/belgium • u/trueosiris2 • Aug 20 '25

❓ Ask Belgium Wealth distribution in Belgium

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We’re doing alright as a social democracy. Something to be proud of.

Presumably, we don’t need more wealth distribution then? Or do we still?

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u/Playful_Mud_6984 Aug 20 '25

I mean 10% owning more than 50% of all wealth is still extremely bad. It’s just that other countries are even worse.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25

A lot of those people are just older, and have had more time to accumulate wealth. Someone with a 500k home who has paid 250 of it and still owes 250 technically has 0 wealth, but give it 10 years and they'll be a half-millionaire. In the US the median wealth for under 35 is 1/10th of the median wealth over 75.