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#1 2013-03-23 10:42:23

werdna123
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wealth inequality in america

an interesting video about wealth distribution: http://www.scratch.mit.edu/ext/youtube/ … r_embedded

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#2 2013-03-26 18:43:05

jackrulez
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Re: wealth inequality in america

I'm bumping this, because HOLY MOTHER OF GOD.


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#3 2013-03-26 21:17:11

harry85
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Re: wealth inequality in america

Very interesting video indeed. Thanks for sharing...

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#4 2013-03-27 18:01:53

sadist
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Re: wealth inequality in america

I don't think it's that surprising or incredibly unfair (and I didn't really like the presenter's voice, so it was kind of annoying to listen through anyway)

What's so surprising about some people being incredibly wealthy and some people being incredibly not? What is there to discuss about that, or fix? Do we just take Warren Buffet's money and give it to everyone else?

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#5 2013-03-27 18:18:56

maxskywalker
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Re: wealth inequality in america

Huh, interesting.

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#6 2013-03-27 18:27:58

soupoftomato
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Re: wealth inequality in america

sadist wrote:

I don't think it's that surprising or incredibly unfair (and I didn't really like the presenter's voice, so it was kind of annoying to listen through anyway)

What's so surprising about some people being incredibly wealthy and some people being incredibly not? What is there to discuss about that, or fix? Do we just take Warren Buffet's money and give it to everyone else?

I don't see what there's to dislike about the presenter's voice.


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#7 2013-03-27 18:29:08

jukyter
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Re: wealth inequality in america

i like how you skipped the meat of the post and settled for the... wait for it... SOUP!!!!!!!! of the post


cause a bird and a fish could fall in love/but where would they live?

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#8 2013-03-27 18:31:59

soupoftomato
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Re: wealth inequality in america

jukyter wrote:

i like how you skipped the meat of the post and settled for the... wait for it... SOUP!!!!!!!! of the post

Eh, I mostly ageed with the rest.

Sure, maybe we could distribute it more evenly.
But even this video alone admits it doesn't itself have any idea how to do that. It just wants us to accept "this is what it is like, and it is bad."
They don't offer a solution, and nobody here has so far.


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#9 2013-03-27 18:35:14

jukyter
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Re: wealth inequality in america

gr i just wanted to make a bad pun


cause a bird and a fish could fall in love/but where would they live?

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#10 2013-03-27 18:55:09

PonyPokiPanikku
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Re: wealth inequality in america

Huh, interesting.


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