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Kind of blew my mind a little bit

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act.resist
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Take some time to look at this, it might come as a surprise to some.




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act.resist
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http://youtu.be/QPKKQnijnsM
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SkiBum.
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Thats over a year old. Rich have got even richer since then.
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2_fadez
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Time is money, and I'm not using 6 minutes on this video

-Wealth inequality
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act.resist
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the point still remains and still people don't know
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SFB
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im waayyyyy too fat to click links, embed or im not watching it.
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SkiBum.
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I think its great. This should make the normal people of the country work harder and strive harder to create something or do something or move up to be rich and in that top %

That will never happen because 80% of Americans are lazy fuck tards who live off my tax dollars.
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MASkier
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This really surprises you?
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act.resist
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yes, don't be a condescending prick. I knew that it was bad, but I've never seen it on a scale.
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yuck
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i knew it was expenentially lopsided but never really looked into it during all that occupy shit. i felt better before i watched that
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GayWolf420
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Wow, I never knew the distribution of wealth in this country is lopsided.
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hippy.
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There you go Francy Boo Boo

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Sno.
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yes but I like the idea that I'm just one lottery ticket away from being that dude on the far right. Without the possibility--regardless of how minute-- life becomes more depressing.
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skiierman
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Jesus you have a sad fucking life.
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rickroller
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i am the 1%
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deleted5
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theabortionator
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It's sad that people actually think this way.
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SFB
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thx babe
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SKI.ING
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And this is different in what other country of relative comparability?
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act.resist
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what's the point of this douchebag question? Obviously it's a problem in more than just one country, but right now we're focusing on America because that's where I live. Not in some other country.
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SFB
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i thought you lived in kenya?
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act.resist
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no i was born in kenya, but i live in michigan now
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SFB
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oh yeah DUH!
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ObiWanKablowme
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i wonder how many of those top 20% provide jobs to the other 80%?
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deleted5
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I think you meant exploit for minimum wage, and not many most of their money pays for kids to make their things in another country.
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ObiWanKablowme
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it could be an interesting figure.
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JIB_WALRUS
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Obviously a loaded question
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Davy.Crockett
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informative but soooooooo slanted, the dire piano music in the back, the image of the one percent figure in the tie, the whole tone of it, kinda ruined it for me
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SKI.ING
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What's the point of posting a thread if you aren't going to allow a discussion to take place? Just because I don't agree with the "mind blown" opinion you have of this video/subject. If you're so concerned, and it is such a problem why don't you offer a feasible solution that you support.
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Wolffy
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lol poor people... work harder bitches
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Sno.
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oh christ, what is with everyone's meter?
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Wulfty
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This would blow my mind, if this video wasn't completely one sided and crazy biased. A quick google search even brought up a few articles from economists that dispute the video
Honestly, a wealth gap isn't as bad as some make it out be. If there wasn't one, there wouldn't be any incentive to work. And what some people fail to understand is that economics isn't a zero sum game. Just because some guy is getting richer, doesn't mean that he is stealing money from you.
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BskiP
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I want to be rich as fuck. If that's wrong to work for, then fuck you!
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Pikachu.
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Honestly, what is the point of even having all the money that you would have if you were in the 1%? You could live a very extravagant lifestyle with 1/2 of what the 1% is making. If the top percent realized that other people are striving for this too, and used their ridiculously large amount of money to help other people get to this point (through raises and bonuses and hiring more people) then I think this country would be a much better place, without much change for the 1% lifestyle wise.
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LIL_WAT
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Except no one is putting a gun to their head to work, and the majority of people that DO work earn more than minimum wage anyway...
Out of curiosity, how many jobs have you created?
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deleted5
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you need to learn how life works, not everyone is born into a white middle class who mommy and daddy can pay for their school. the people in america who are the richest are the richest because they exploit works plan and simple.
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Spinoza
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Inheritance?
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urbanjib
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I struggle to see the problems contained in this. This is coming from someone who spent a bit of time homeless, without a car, or anything in that regards. A large majority of my family is wealthy. I believe the last contract my uncle got with Microsoft was in the millions. But I fail to see how he made his money off of exploitation. Especially when he's a marketing/entertainment executive, who started from a middle class family. Oh yeah, he worked his ass off.
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MilaKunis
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Such a stupid fucking statement.
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howlongcanausern
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the best countries in the world tax the 1% out of existence
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act.resist
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well i don't have a solution and even if i did it wouldn't matter because im not a politician. That question had nothing to do with discussion, you were just being a fuck. the point of this thread was help some 12 year olds see the world they're living in on actual terms.
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ObiWanKablowme
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this. i have also noticed that anyone i have ever met that is wealthy is also older and has worked for it. sure there are lucky breaks, but you have to maneuver yourself to be in the right place at the right time to get those breaks.
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deleted5
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Yes I forgot all billionaires make their money fair and square, and don't screw anyone over in the process.
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Sno.
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Ok, it seems like we'd be a lot better off if we were closer to the ideal-- no one wants people below the poverty line who are unable to eat.  However, after watching this video I did click on one of the other recommended videos about what was not said in this one, and their main point was that, although we have people at the poverty level, America is also full of opportunities and that in any given year the people in each one of those quadrants vary--that feasibly one can move out of the poverty level and into middle class in a fairly short amount of time. Which is true.

My parents started with no money and did well for themselves.

Also, I'd like to point out that of those at the poverty level, many are elderly, mentally ill, or addicted to drugs. Of these demographics most will remain poor for the rest of their lives, as most cannot seek or maintain employment. Not all, of course, but a good portion of poverty level Americans living in government subsidized low-income housing fit in one of these categories and will likely remain in low-income housing for the rest of their lives.

There are certain demographics of people where it is just incumbent upon us (government) to take care of them.
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Sno.
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my post isn't showing up. ns is broken.
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Wulfty
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Bit of an extreme rationalization isn't it? So every billionaire ever got all their money stealing it from other people? Thats not how it works sister.
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Mr.Huck
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Great point. "Rags to riches" happens in this country more than anywhere else in the world, and it doesn't have to be the lottery. I'd love to see one of our resident nextgen socialists come up with a truly socialistic country that has the kinds of opportunities our country does. Here you can be an African American raised by a single mother and grow up to be President. The system clearly works. Everyone has an opportunity to get rich or make it big in this country and it is the knowledge of that possibility that inspires people to dream big and come up with the next big thing.
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deleted5
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I never said stealing, but yes they do screw some people over to make their money. I'm not saying I wouldn't do it either for 1,000,000,000$ but just look at trump Rockefeller people in oil and the Koch's.
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howlongcanausern
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this is very telling of how well the right-wing propaganda machine is working.

it's OK for individuals to accrue thousands of millions $$$ but if somebody asks for a $6/hour raise, it will break the economy
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MilaKunis
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Every single job screws another person over. Your taking the job that they could be using. Your first statement made it seem like you didn't think they earned any of their own money.
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LIL_WAT
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Your post is nothing but empty rhetoric.

You're leaving the exchange value of labour out of the equation entirely ie. there's a reason why some people get paid more than others.

You also phrase things to sound like there's many more millionaires than minimum wage workers (who would be the ones receiving this hypothetical $6 increase) when the opposite is true.





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