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This 80-minute documentary focuses on the growing "wealth gap" in America, as seen through the eyes of filmmaker Jamie Johnson, a 27-year-old heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. Johnson, who cut his film teeth at NYU and made the Emmy®-nominated 2003 HBO documentary Born Rich, here sets his sights on exploring the political, moral and emotional rationale that enables a tiny percentage of Americans - the one percent - to control nearly half the wealth of the entire United States. The film Includes interviews with Nicole Buffett, Bill Gates Sr., Adnan Khashoggi, Milton Friedman, Robert Reich, Ralph Nader and other luminaries.
deutsey
(20,166 posts)Thank you for posting it!
liberal N proud
(60,300 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
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(12,712 posts)southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Just managed to watch it and it is well WORTH seeing
I love it where his Dad says, "... what you conspire to do with it." Oops. His family's discomfort and concern for privacy about their meetings and dealings reeks.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)I think it's a little guilty because deep down they know what they are doing isn't right. They know deep down things can't stay like this forever. This country can't survive with their kind of thinking. It's nice to see a few in the younger generations might change for the good. This entitled way of thinking is really something.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)especially the segments on Katrina..
snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)doesn't threaten him with severing him from the family unlike Warren Buffet
did with his grand daughter.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)Thanks for posting.
K & R
ljm2002
(10,751 posts)...and it managed to keep an even tone throughout, not demonizing anyone but really spelling out the thinking that keeps these damaging structures in place.
Oh, and it exposed Milton Friedman for the ass that he is. He claims that the progressive income tax is the same thing as socialism. Exposes himself for the ideologue that he is. Good. Thanks Jamie!
Lots more good stuff in there. The Warren Buffett thing -- another ass. Disowns his granddaughter for her small part in this movie, where she didn't say anything bad about anyone. FU Warren.
LOTS of good stuff in here. My very favorite segment came right at the beginning, the woman's reaction when Jamie said what his movie was about. Priceless, and very revealing.
BIG K&R
deutsey
(20,166 posts)which is saying something since I have a deep reservoir of contempt for that reactionary already.
Although I'm from a working class background, I've had exposure to the level of wealthy people Jamie reveals here. My stepfather used to take care of the grounds of the summer place of a VP for Mobile. We were like serfs, in a way, living on this guy's land and taking care of it for him year-round.
As with many in this movie, the VP wasn't a demon or a monster. He could be a pretty nice guy, in fact. But it was always understood that he was The Owner...his sons could be real jerks, though.