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Wealth Inequality Video Goes Viral — Is the Distribution of Wealth What You Would Expect?

Have you watched the six-minute video produced by a YouTube user named "Politizane"?

According to a video on wealth distribution in America uploaded to YouTube, the top 1 percent has 40 percent of all the nation’s wealth, while the bottom 80 percent only has 7 percent of it.

Eye-opening or not surprising?

"Its analysis of American perceptions of wealth distribution, the line between rich and poorand the issue of America's wealth continuum echo stories that have been in the media for years," a DailyFinance report on the video reads. "But there's something about seeing the country's wealth gap in easy-to-follow animations that allows the dry analysis to hit home.

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Watch the video, if you haven't already, and tell us what you think in the comments section below. Fair? Unfair? Do you think wealth should be redistributed? If so, how? 

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