James Talarico: “The top 1% owning more wealth than the entire middle class…”

“I mean corruption in the deeper sense. The rotting of something from the inside. Politicians serving billionaire mega donors instead of their constituents. That's political corruption. The top 1% owning more wealth than the entire middle class. That's economic corruption. for profit. Social media algorithms, sowing division in our communities and turning neighbor against neighbor. That's social corruption. Our systems are rotting from the inside out.” (06:40–06:48)

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