video info-tainment

so remember that recent video that neatly summarized wealth inequality in the USA? (ahem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM)

well there's another one now and this one neatly summarizes inequality globally (although im fairly sure they're by different groups)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWSxzjyMNpU

pretty awesome system of worldwide exploitation we've got going on here.

for me personally, the responses of those either invested in the current system to the point that they NEED to believe that it's roughly equitable, or else those too ignorant for whatever reason to admit this is an issue, are pretty golden.

"Yes it looks bad when presented by alarmist liberals like this, but a system that prioritizes progress and the common good does not work. have you EVEN heard of a little something called the Soviet's Union? look it up some time and join the real world"
- youtube user lieksdubstep at 17:23

the other, better, reactions ive seen are from the actual economists who are paid giant salaries to justify this exploitation arguing that the world economy is simply too complex to be properly understood by laymen like us and that we just need to trust them when they say inequality on this scale is a necessary and acceptable part of modern society.

i think no matter where you are on the whether-what-we've-got-going-on-here-is-a-giant-scam spectrum you'll find this interesting one way or the other.

also, as you may have noticed, another benefit of our lovely anarcho-capitalist system is that the entire planet is getting slowly (or not so slowly) set on fire. if some other ppl or group with the tenacity to find and source reliable info and edit a video in the same style got together and did another one about the environment, that'd be cool. useless, of course, preaching to the choir etc, but cool nonetheless