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of course, the working class knew which pie chart was the best reflection of the wealth disparity in the U.S.

So much for socioeconomic classes corresponding with intelligence!


The ongoing reports (and lack of action) about the catastrophe which has become the American economy are becoming the cause for tremendous disgust and indignation -- not least of which my own!

'part of the success of the united states economy....'

Ahahahahahahahahaha!!!

It's amusing to me that those who always spout that old "skin in the game" shtick have no response to this video.

Paul's age is showing. He seems to still believe that voters prefer the model of society that most benefits them personally. If someone prefers an unequal society, he assumes they expect to get to the top one day themselves. All the elections I've lived through have convinced me of exactly the opposite. Most people have so little idea of what's going on in the world, that they will readily act against their economic self interest if you appeal to their emotions. Truly self-interested people would have already taken the time to learn what he's showing them, and developed a plan to get a chunk of that 84% themselves. I bet not a single person he interviewed has rethought his political or economic views as a result of the information received. If anything's changed, they are probably just angrier at whoever they were angry at to begin with.

More on this study.

http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20ariely%20in%20press.pdf

Where's @quantumushroom , I have a bone to pick with him since our last bout

And @Winstonfield_Pennypacker, where's that guy at?

Oh right, he's in his mom's basement, writing a thousand-word rebuttal to every one of this video's points, I'm sure.>> ^JiggaJonson:

Where's @quantumushroom , I have a bone to pick with him since our last bout