The statistic of the united states level of inequality being the higher than any other industrialized nation stood out to me but wasnt shocking. This is because of how the system was made up, most founding fathers were wealthy and wanted to protect their ‘property’ from the government. Basically they didn’t want to be taxed heavily. But they also did not want the lower class to rebel so they limited democracy in order to protect their wealth and themselves for rebellions, one most notable rebellion was Shays rebellion. In order to protect their wealth they had to limit voting rights, and through the Constitution and amendments they made it harder for regular people to make changes within society.

Basically the majority of people struggle while the elite gets richer and probably laugh at us because we allow these things to happen. I see this daily with rent, people are struggling to make ends meet, prices of everything is going up. The cost of living is raising but not the minimum wage. People are pushed out of their homes while landlords and property owners count the franklins.