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In our latest video essay, Chelsea dives into America's confusing obsession with the rich. We're living in a second Gilded Age, and suffice it to say: it's not going well!

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00:00:00 Intro
00:03:10 Ad break
00:05:59 Intro
00:15:05 Robber barons & the history of rich vs. poor
00:25:22 Why do we love to simp for rich people?
00:36:02 Our incredibly lame new robber barons
00:44:40 The dark side of “philanthropy”
00:49:38 Let's get some class consciousness going in the chat

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