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http://www.alternet.org/speakeasy/alyssa-figueroa/one-most-powerful-portrayals-what-has-happened-america-you-will-ever-seeA video posted to YouTube back in November 2012 is starting to go viral after Mashable posted it to its site on Saturday.
We all know there is a huge gap between the rich and the poor in the United States, but this video visually captivates viewers by showing just how much of the country's wealth lies in the hands of the top 20 percent.
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One of the Most Powerful Portrayals of What Has Happened to America That You WIll Ever See (Original Post)
xchrom
Mar 2013
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RKP5637
(67,112 posts)1. K&R !!! K&R !!! K&R !!! K&R !!! K&R !!! n/t
allan01
(1,950 posts)2. re:One of the Most Powerful Portrayals of What Has Happened to America That You WIll Ever See
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)3. Needs to play hourly on cable and TV.
Never gonna happen, but K/R anyway!
stevebreeze
(1,877 posts)4. This is great as far as it goes but....
It is important to remember that this distribution is not accidental. It is the direct cause of the rules of our economy. Rules that have been designed and passed by the economic royalists in our society. This is about money/wealth in politics being allowed to form rules that surprise surprise, favor the moneyed/ wealthy.
Until we restore one person one vote democracy this vast chasm in wealth will worsen until the economy once again collapses.
Thanks for posting.
HCE SuiGeneris
(14,994 posts)6. K & R
progressoid
(49,999 posts)7. And what is our "liberal" party doing about it?
With the exception of a handful of people, they either ignore or enable it.