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> The US has a GDP per capita of $80K, so if it were distributed equally, everyone would “get” $80K

Pedantically, you actually want GNI, not GDP, here. (But they are close enough in practice for the US–and identical on a worldwide basis since there is no foreign income—that it doesn’t materially change anything else in your comment.)



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