Attitudes toward the One Percent in Your Nation

[United States of The One Percent]

What are some common attitudes in your nation toward the One Percent, that is, the small group of individuals who control an outsize portion of the world's wealth (35 percent in US-TOP), own all politicians and judges and so make all the rules, controlling every important aspect of the lives of the 99 percent below them? Though not exhaustive, these seem to be the most common in US-TOP:

Admiration: Many Usians admire their One Percent. Since We enjoy so much power, influence and economic freedom, they feel We must have worked hard, made intelligent decisions and profited from Our discipline and dedication. These see Our stratospheric income and wealth as well-deserved and, while not aspiring to more in their own lives, are happy to point to Us as examples of the correctness of Our system and the opportunities they believe are available to all.

Emulation: No less than the Admiration group, these love and honor the One Percent. However, they also seek to learn from Our example. They often do extensive research into one or more of Us and seek to apply the lessons they feel they learn to their own lives. Under their breaths, they are often heard to mutter something like, "what would Buffer do?" or "now, when a similar thing happened to TIm Ronmey, he did..." They tend to blame their misfortunes on their not following Our example faithfully enough.

Worship: The constant refrain of this group is phrases such as "job creators," "entrepreneurs," "leaders of the economy" and similar praise for Us. Most common among politicians. Should their faith in Us begin to flag, We remind them of how much Our money means to their chances for continued employment.

Grudging Acceptance: Members of this group have given up on attaining Our level of power and influence, but do not go so far as to believe We are a bad influence on society. Defenders of the free market, on the grounds that "everyone has a right to the products of their labor," are frequently found here.

Envy: Like the previous group, these have given up hope of improving their social and economic status, but not their desire to do so. Many in this group play Our lotteries regularly.

Ineffective Opposition: Our most virulent opponents obsessively collect, analyze and cite economic statistics, particularly those involving economic inequality. They may write thick books, hold protests, write their representatives in Congress, become professors of economics, join the Peace Corps or take other actions they believe will cut into Our advantage. Some may even run for and win political office; however, after a few elections cycles most move into the Worship or Grudging Acceptance categories, particularly if they advance to a higher position. Since We own everything, including all politicians, and make all the rules, all opposition to Us is ineffective by definition.

As noted, Usians may, and often do, occupy different categories at different times.

What are the most common attitudes toward Us in your Nation?

[Kingstonia (Ancient)]

We don't have 1%, all our peoples equal

[Auroya]

If by 'the 1%' you mean the aristocracy and the nobility in general, it varies.

If you mean 'the 1%' as in rich business owners, there's no such thing. The economy is a mixed one and the part that is not state-controlled is overwhelmingly democratically-controlled. Really, the small fraction of businesses that are privately owned (which have an incredlbly difficult time competing with the democratically-owned ones, for obvious reasons) are indeed owned by the aristocracy.

But in general, the attitudes towards and monarchy and the aristocracy - as a result of their social standing - are pretty good.

[Stormvag]

Stormvag's has a GDP of 3.3 trillion NationStates Dollars that combined with our low population of 46 million will give you a rough understanding of how wealthy the average Stormwegian is. That being said there are no substantial wealth gaps and Stormwegian's maintain a healthy attitude towards the 'One Percent'. Because most of them are One Percenters (or at least live like them).

[Davinhia]

The "1%" in davinhia is actually 25%

But people don't seem to mind them. Since everyone makes a lot of money, they really don't seem to care. They love them, infact.

[Allanea]

Admiration and Emulation of the One Percent are the most common in Allanea. The One Percent are seen as what they truly are, job creators, pillars of the economy and guardians of our freedoms.

[Traekun]

How the rich, both One Percenters and normal rich people, are viewed depends on what they have done with their money. If they have merely hoarded it and kept it in some massive vault, they are seen as standing in the way of progress and being without any true worth.

If on the other hand they are actively using their wealth to accomplish something, they are seen as paragons of society and highly likely to be inducted into the Aristocracy, specifically the Gentry (the subset of aristocrats associated with neither the ancient Karfekan Warlords (aka the Nobility) or the Yagfekan City-States (aka the Patricians)). Indeed, roughly 60% of the current Gentry are the descendants of or are themselves rich formerly middle class individuals who accomplished something of note with their money and were noticed by the Monarchy. Most of them are quite active with their money.

These New Gentry (sometimes called Capitalist Gentry) are often pointed to as evidence of the validity of the Realm's ongoing transition from Feudalism and State Capitalism towards a more free market approach, with supporters citing such notable effects on society as causing the illegalization of slavery and serfdom in 95% of all Realm territories, massively increasing social mobility, and causing the destruction of ancient monopolies and in doing so increasing overall quality of life.

[Adab]

Most of our people admire the so-called "One Percent" - aware of the sufferings so many people have to undergo in life, many of them are generous and donate their money to the elderly, the poor, the disabled, and non-profit foundations inside and outside the nation.

[Pimps Inc]

Emulation for the One Percent(called the Pimp$ in our country) is very common.

[Novus Niciae]

The lifestyle of the 1% is not that different to the middle classes owing to our post scarcity economy so most people don't really care one way or the other about them.

[Auzkhia]

We do have an elite, but they are much more than 1% of the population. It's quite bigger really, about 200% times bigger.

[Quilavaland]

There is no 1%, we tax them until they're the same as the middle class XD

[Lalaki]

There is no substantial wealth gap between the one percent and the ninety-nine percent in the Community of Lalaki.

At most, the differences in wealth between the top twenty percent and the bottom eighty is that the former owns their own townhouses, tends to run businesses, and can afford extra luxuries. The latter usually resides in public housing or rents an apartment, and has a lower rate of business ownership. But everyone has access to food, water, housing, education, transportation, and health care.

[Tolmakia]

The "one percent" are treated like other people (sometimes with disdain). Sometimes they are admired but it really depends. They still have to pay taxes and respect to other people who are not one of the "one percent"

[Vakkan]

All are equal within the Socialist Republic.

[Free Pejite]

The one percent could be the royalty, so attitudes are respectable. Those who are not royalty or important but part of the one percent are kicked out

[Sween]

there is no one percent here. just the 100 percent, the proletariat.

[Victorious Decepticons]

"One percent" is a bit of a misnomer here. We have about 10% who are rich folks, but only about 0.001% who have a real say in things. Attitudes towards both groups are about the same, though:

Admiration - Every Decepticon wants to be one of the 10 Percent who not only succeeds at raiding, but manages to keep their hands on the money for more than a few days.

Emulation - Both the 10 Percent and the 0.001% have many emulators. This emulation doesn't stop with general attitudes or the copying of practices. The successful motivate others to upgrade their RAM, CPU power, and physical capabilities. This causes the entire Nation to be smarter and stronger than it would be if there weren't any examples of success to try to match.

Raid Targeting - We are a nation of raiders of the pirate variety, and everyone dreams of pulling off the Ultimate Heist. The Ultimate Heist is one that not only nets a huge amount of loot, but is also seen as nearly impossible to pull off. The Decepticon equivalent of robbing the Louvre or Fort Knox is to successfully raid the Main Refinery of Megatron Energon, which is the personal property of the Top of the Top: Leader Megatron himself.

Those who know that trying to raid that is a great way to end up as scrap steel dream of lesser targets, but "lesser" in this case is relative. The vaults of the 0.001 Percent are seen as the Ultimate Heist that Might Actually Be Pulled Off, and occasionally, a few cubes will actually disappear from one of them. Some of these heists are actually believed to be done by members of the 0.001 Percent themselves - in many cases, 0.001 Percent members got into the upper echelon by their top-level mastery of the Decepticon Way, so they are the ones most likely to actually be able to successfully burgle each other.

The 10 Percent are also huge raid targets, and they field big security forces to protect their mansions and vaults. Alas, they aren't quite as good at protecting their loot as the Top of the Top, and they get successfully raided every so often.

Jealousy - This attitude is ridiculed and believed to be the response of failures, so it is very rare. Jealous types will be told to either put that energy into upgrades so that they can join the 10 Percent or shut up. They often respond with Raid Targeting instead, but their emotion-fueled raid attempts result in failure because emotions like jealousy result in bad planning. Bad planning, especially when it happens during an Ultimate Heist attempt, tends to result in the failed raider getting blasted to smithereens. This makes the problem of jealousy self-limiting.

Coup Attempts - Some people think that a good way to become the 0.001 Percent is to kill the current 0.001 Percent and take over their positions and their stuff. Since the 0.001 Percent are officially the government and the absolute top slot is occupied by Leader Megatron himself, that means that coup attempts are occasionally made with this in mind. Such attempts result in some entertainment for the masses, as the rebels are publicly executed in street battles or by meltdown. Sometimes, the spectacle is over even faster - those who take a shot at Leader Megatron face return fire from his fusion cannon, and once the blast hits, it's all over for them.

[Freemopia]

Freemopia has a rich and lower middle class and wealth gaps. Freemopia does not want to be communist or take from the rich to give to the poor in order for everyone to have = amount of wealth, that wouldn't work anyways. Freemopia gives the poor some wealth to become lower middle class and allows them opportunities to be independent, create wealth, learn a skill, and work so they might become rich through creation and trade instead of theft.
Freemopia's wealth gaps are not as drastic as US.
The poor/lower middle class have more wealth than US.
Freemopia is pretty wealthy.
The rich top 1% have control over some things, not as much control as the 1% has in the US.
Freemopias 1% includes the government, big business, and anyone who is very rich.

The 99% in general view the 1% with suspicion (especially the .01%, and 1%ers who mysteriously gain wealth or have influence over government) , and dislike any 1%er who has committed a crime.

Many Freemopians know who many of the 1%ers are, and if they catch one committing a crime, the public usually finds out quickly and it will usually be broadcasted on mainstream news.
Much of the public, for it's own sake, tries to make sure 1%ers don't get away with crime, and try to make sure if the 1%ers do anything the general public doesn't like, that it will be publicized to try to reduce their customers and acceptance, and try to get them banned from government jobs and fired.

Some of the 1%ers attitude toward themselves is that they think they should rule the universe as a dictator, that their better than the 99%...

[British West Zuzunia]

They are the reason that we have Kalashnikovs!

[Bereia]

Much like our friends in Allanea, the Admiration & Emulation crowds are the strongest. We see the top earners of this society as the leading job creators, wealth generators, and examples of what hard work and perseverance can get you here.

[The Serbian Empire]

Emulation is commonplace to the point that businesses are commonly opened in hopes of either trying to get rich trying to get large or to grow and then sell to another business.

[Wraland]

There is no 1%. The people is in charge of the control of the nation. For example, they have just taken over the economy and bankers have been executed.

[Geanna]

What are some common attitudes in your nation toward the One Percent, that is, the small group of individuals who control an outsize portion of the world's wealth (35 percent in US-TOP), own all politicians and judges and so make all the rules, controlling every important aspect of the lives of the 99 percent below them? Though not exhaustive, these seem to be the most common in US-TOP:

Admiration: Many Usians admire their One Percent. Since We enjoy so much power, influence and economic freedom, they feel We must have worked hard, made intelligent decisions and profited from Our discipline and dedication. These see Our stratospheric income and wealth as well-deserved and, while not aspiring to more in their own lives, are happy to point to Us as examples of the correctness of Our system and the opportunities they believe are available to all.

Emulation: No less than the Admiration group, these love and honor the One Percent. However, they also seek to learn from Our example. They often do extensive research into one or more of Us and seek to apply the lessons they feel they learn to their own lives. Under their breaths, they are often heard to mutter something like, "what would Buffer do?" or "now, when a similar thing happened to TIm Ronmey, he did..." They tend to blame their misfortunes on their not following Our example faithfully enough.

Worship: The constant refrain of this group is phrases such as "job creators," "entrepreneurs," "leaders of the economy" and similar praise for Us. Most common among politicians. Should their faith in Us begin to flag, We remind them of how much Our money means to their chances for continued employment.

Grudging Acceptance: Members of this group have given up on attaining Our level of power and influence, but do not go so far as to believe We are a bad influence on society. Defenders of the free market, on the grounds that "everyone has a right to the products of their labor," are frequently found here.

Envy: Like the previous group, these have given up hope of improving their social and economic status, but not their desire to do so. Many in this group play Our lotteries regularly.

Ineffective Opposition: Our most virulent opponents obsessively collect, analyze and cite economic statistics, particularly those involving economic inequality. They may write thick books, hold protests, write their representatives in Congress, become professors of economics, join the Peace Corps or take other actions they believe will cut into Our advantage. Some may even run for and win political office; however, after a few elections cycles most move into the Worship or Grudging Acceptance categories, particularly if they advance to a higher position. Since We own everything, including all politicians, and make all the rules, all opposition to Us is ineffective by definition.

As noted, Usians may, and often do, occupy different categories at different times.

What are the most common attitudes toward Us in your Nation?

Geanna lacks the 1% ideal, we run a tight mixed-market economy through a Nordic model with a large public sector and have a very low GINI because of that. Income Inequality isn't a hot issue in the CoG.

[Soled]

There is no wealth inequality in Soled, so the 1% cannot exist.
(my RP nation is different from my NS nation)