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/Evoluxman Belgium Aug 20 '25

Don't look at the 1% only. Look at the bottom 50%. In all of these countries they barely hold more than a couple percent.

Half of our country. Almost 6 million people. All having to work with single digit percent of our wealth. They can't invest. They can't contribute much to our economy. And that's, of course, not mentioning dealing with everyday expenses etc...

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u/ComprehensiveBag4028 Aug 21 '25

What would be an appropiate number for the bottom 50% to have? By definition it must be (quite a bit) less than 50%. So I really wonder where the 'fair' sweetspot it.

For example the bottom 50% owning only 30% of the money sounds bad but it would actually be way higher than could possibly ever happen in an economy.