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Wealth Inequality Video Goes Viral, Stirs Debate Mar 7th 2013, 20:13 When you hear "viral video," you probably associate it with the Harlem Shake or a swimming cat, rather than an examination of American wealth inequality. Clearly, this is not your typical viral video. Wealth Inequality In America This six-and-a-half-minute-long examination of "Wealth Inequality In America" was created back in 2009, but is being rapidly shared this afternoon. Why? The message that United States wealth distribution is very uneven is something even most mildly informed people are aware of - and think sucks. Its anonymous creator said he was struck by the economics and wanted to find a good way of visualizing it. Reddit and Mashable apparently approved. What's clever about the video is that it uses our familiarity with the subject as a rhetorical weapon - what we think inequality looks like vs. reality. Then we also learn what people say they wish it looked like - still unequal and far from socialism, but less alarming. Definitely food for economic thought.

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