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The Video about Extreme Wealth Inequality in America that Went Viral

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This is the video about extreme wealth inequality in America that went viral in 2012. Today it has 22 million views.

The difference between what people think it should be, what they think it is, and what it ACTUALLY is, is shocking.

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