Just Billionaire Things

Just Billionaire Things

— What extreme wealth costs everyone else — the excess, the extraction, and the harm
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Wealth inequality in America — updated 2026

youtu.be/2GxlL5-0m_g?is=dCRRPmaLxvoC9zG4
General · @ian ADMIN · 6d ago

Updated in 2026, thirteen years after the original video went viral, we dive even deeper into the worsening inequality crippling our country. This video contains updated infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality itself, and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is worse than what we think it is.

For thirteen years we have been reading your comments and requests for an update. (And we’ve been making notes of our own, well beyond the original video.) So, with this update we’ve added dollar amounts to the charts, taken our visualization of the extremes to the next level, and even provided some thoughts on how we get out of this mess.

And you aren't going to have to wait thirteen more years for the next video. Every week in September, we are dropping a new one. After this update on wealth inequality, there’s three more…

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