I try to remember this when I get frustrated.Here in the United States, I'm considered lower-middle class. But if I compare myself to the 7 billion people on the planet, I suddenly become a "one-percenter".
As I understand it, if you have $1000 (US) to your name you're richer than half the people on Earth ever will be. That blows my mind... That a single month of work at minimum wage thrusts a person into the richer half of our species