Amy Goodman
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How U.S. cultural narratives about billionaires are shifting in 2020
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February 26, 2020
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2:54Now PlayingAnand Giridharadas says that under a Bloomberg presidency, the U.S. risks a future "that is privately gated and enjoyed and monopolized by a very few people," and this monopolization of progress is exactly what's at stake in the 2020 presidential elections. "You can be living in an age where extraordinary things are being invented, the internet is being invented, medical advances are happening — but if you are not in the gated community that enjoys the fruits of the future, then you are stuck" in terms of wages, healthcare, and information access, says Giridharadas. But the TIME writer and author also argues that more people are becoming aware of the social inequalities that billionaires represent. "A truer story is emerging — which is that a lot of those folks are up there because they are standing on other people's backs."
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