My point was that if you age adjust the numbers you no longer have the top 20% owning 90% of everything, you have the top 20% owning around 50% of everything, which is a lot less shocking.
Age adjusting these numbers takes it from "oh my god we live in an oligarchy!" to "meh, that's not so bad."
edit: I quickly glanced at the wikipedia article, I couldn't easily find any age vs. net worth numbers. I got my numbers from the Federal Reserve Consumer Finances Survey (it was titled something like that...)
That's where the wikipedia numbers come from. If you look at the 'distribution of wealth' heading, skip to the graph, and go to the big giant table, you'll see them.
And we're apparently just going to have to disagree, unless you can find some numbers and scale them yourself. I'm still not sure how age is a significant differentiator, and on top of that, it doesn't matter if the people who own everything are old or not. They still own everything.
Age adjusting these numbers takes it from "oh my god we live in an oligarchy!" to "meh, that's not so bad."
edit: I quickly glanced at the wikipedia article, I couldn't easily find any age vs. net worth numbers. I got my numbers from the Federal Reserve Consumer Finances Survey (it was titled something like that...)