How The Wealthy Gaslight America [Director's Cut]

In our December video essay, Chelsea dives into the dark reality of class privilege, and some truths abut class in America that many people don't want to hear.   

Special thanks to:  

Ashley C. Ford http://www.ashleycford.net/ 

Amanda Holden https://www.amanda-holden.com/ 

Summer Orban  

Source links:  

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/09/social-mobility-upwards-decline-usa-us-america-economics/  

https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/personal-finance/articles/study-shows-only-27-of-wealthy-americans-are-self-made/  

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/economic-inequality/524610/  

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/apr/30/eva-wiseman-why-do-we-buy-into-stealth-wealth-and-the-class-who-wear-it  

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/03/richer-parents-are-the-problem-with-admissions-not-affirmative-action.html  

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2023/07/24/1189443223/affirmative-action-for-rich-kids-its-more-than-just-legacy-admissions  

https://www.history.com/news/voting-rights-timeline  https://theintercept.com/2018/02/05/mass-incarceration-class-predictor-race/  

https://time.com/5388596/billionaires-welfare-bernie-sanders/  

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/taxes/capital-gains-tax-rates  

https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/working-class-diversity-in-congress/  

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/02/07/the-changing-face-of-congress/  

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/10/24/18009856/working-class-income-inequality-randy-bryce-alexandria-ocasio-cortez   

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/04/majority-of-lawmakers-millionaires/  

https://www.bustle.com/p/ivanka-trump-didnt-celebrate-equal-pay-day-thats-a-far-cry-from-her-campaign-promises-8749150  

https://democracyforward.org/work/uncovering-ivanka-trumps-hypocrisy-on-equal-pay/  

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/03/working-class-white-voters-gop-house-agenda/673500/  

https://inequality.org/research/military-recruiters-high-school/  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/02/20/heres-proof-that-making-money-makes-you-more-right-wing-and-less-egalitarian/  

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/21/us-un-living-standards-sustainable-development-goals  

https://www.ft.com/content/c361e372-769e-45cd-a063-f5c0a7767cf4