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How Did It Get This Bad? – Second Thought
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Citations and Further Reading:
Clips
(Originally regrouped by https://www.instagram.com/pano.dime)
https://youtu.be/u-vH31VD7GE?t=2518
https://x.com/MollySOShea/status/2038273861104406971
https://youtu.be/3Fx5Q8xGU8k?t=14

Statistics
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-credit-card-debt-buy-groceries/
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/january-jobs-revisions-trump-rcna258398
https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2026/real-average-hourly-earnings-increased-0-1-percent-from-june-2025-to-june-2026.htm#:~:text=Go-,Real%20average%20hourly%20earnings%20increased%200.1%20percent%20from%20June%202025%20to%20June%202026,-July%2020%2C%202026
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/30/number-of-billionaires-world-ai-wealth-ubs#:~:text=an%20accelerating%20rate.-,Billionaires%E2%80%99%20wealth%20grew%20by%2025%25%20on%20average%20in%20the%20year%20ended%20in%20April%2C,-compared%20with%20a
https://thehill.com/business/5779004-elon-musk-still-worlds-richest-man-on-forbes-billionaires-list/#:~:text=The%20billionaire%20class%20is%20also%20richer%2C%20worth%20a%20combined%20%2420.1%20trillion%20dollars%2C%20which%20is%20%244%20trillion%20more%20from%20last%20year
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/super-richs-wealth-concentration-surpasses-gilded-age-levels-210802327.html
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds#:~:text=Just%200.001%25%20hold%20three%20times%20the%20wealth%20of%20poorest%20half%20of%20humanity%2C%20report%20finds
https://x.com/PeterMallouk/status/2065868130937614510
https://web.archive.org/web/20260616144739/https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/realestate/first-time-home-buyers.html?login=email&auth=login-email#:~:text=The%20path%20to%20homeownership%20continues%20to%20get%20longer%2C%20with%20the%20median%20age%20of%20first%2Dtime%20home%20buyers%20hitting%20an%20all%2Dtime%20high%20of%2040%20in%202025%2C%20according%20to%20a%20report%20from%20the%20National%20Association%20of%20Realtors
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/07/28/americans-views-about-billionaires-have-grown-somewhat-more-negative-since-2020/#:~:text=A%20narrow%20majority%20of%20Americans%20(55%25)%20continue%20to%20say%20billionaires%20are%20neither%20a%20good%20thing
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/16/business/people-economy-inflation-childcare-housing-jobs
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/business/energy-environment/pjm-electricity-prices-data-centers.html?eafs_enabled=false
https://fortune.com/2026/05/28/americans-going-hungry-new-york-fed-says/#:~:text=One%2Dtenth%20of%20respondents%20reported%20not%20having%20enough%20food%20to%20eat%20or%20that%20their%20children%20missed%20meals
https://www.nokidhungry.org/blog/how-many-kids-united-states-live-hunger#:~:text=1%20in%205%20kids%20in%20the%20United%20States%20is%20living%20with%20hunger
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/millions-lose-food-stamps-under-trump-cuts-arizona-is-hardest-hit-2026-06-24/#:~:text=More%20than%204.7%20million%20people%20nationwide%20have%20lost%20their%20Supplemental%20Nutrition%20Assistance%20Program%20benefits%2C%20also%20known%20as%20food%20stamps%2C

Michael Froman
https://newrepublic.com/article/137798/important-wikileaks-revelation-isnt-hillary-clinton
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/photo-of-the-week-obama-who-let-citigroup-staff-his-first-cabinet-calls-for-voter-solidarity/


Oil profits and power
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/major-oil-companies-reap-massive-profits-as-u-s-and-iran-fighting-drives-energy-prices-higher
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus?cycle=2024&ind


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