“In 2017, the USA in 2017 is more unequal than France was in 1789 (just prior to the French Revolution). Today the top 1 % owns 38.9% of the wealth (all assets including land), and before the French Revolution their top 3% owned 35% of the land.”

At the time, how much land one owned considered a strong barometer of one's wealth and class status.

(h/t Dereltictio) (Citation to French Revolution reference material)