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Bernie Sanders: “The top 1% now owns more wealth than the bottom 93% [in…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Joe Rogan and Bernie Sanders Discuss Economic Inequality, Automation, and Political Corruption

Published | Video Starts at 10:35

… on the street, take away your Social Security, I want it, and to hell with you. And that's why you end up with a situation in America where, you know, The top 1% now owns more wealth than the bottom 93% [in America]. and millions of people struggle. It's also a corporate culture of competitiveness. Right. So they're competing with all the other corporations, and you have to keep up. (10:35–10:39)

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Asserts that the top 1% of Americans own more wealth than the bottom 93%.

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