I think it was really well produced, and it was meant to provoke an emotional response. A lot of times the idea of "provoking an emotional response" is linked with falsehoods, but I don't think that's necessarily the case. The idea of "masters" is maybe a little underdeveloped. Generally speaking there probably aren't a lot of Koch Brothers in the Master class. For the most part I would imagine there are a lot of entitled people working to secure their own interests in different domains, that have the means to do so, and the collection of those efforts expresses itself as massive inequality. I would doubt there is a "Master's narrative" that is actively trying to keep poor people down, so much as there are a lot of rich people working in isolation to achieve the same end, without perhaps intending to, explicitly. That isn't to say that they don't know what they are doing is "wrong," but most likely they think of what they are doing as "not entirely right" or some such thing. Or else they've become so entitled that they think that they've "earned" what they have and they're simply "playing the game by the rules," even if that means changing the rules to ensure that they win. The idea I'm reaching for is that the Master class doesn't view itself as the problem, and certainly doesn't view itself as actively trying to do injury to the poor, even though that is exactly what they are doing. That's to say, it isn't a widely understood conspiracy to keep the poor down, but instead a lot of disconnected powers working toward particular goals that has the aggregate outcome of massive inequality. Still, an interesting and thought provoking video.
I think you hit the nail on the head. It feels like it's an eventuality in a class-based society. The upper classes will act in their own interests, they will have more access to power centers and other powerful people thanks to their wealth and position, and they will thus have more power and influence in shaping society for their benefit, breeding inherent inequality. The concept of meritocracy fosters the notion that those with success have earned it, but society is more complex than that. Hierarchical norms like class allow corruption and nepotism to breed so the most able are not necessarily the most successful. And of course, inequality causes disparities in opportunity and resources available to those who are less well-off. Addressing this, to me, requires educating the middle and lower classes as well as urging the privileged to shrug off the elitism that makes them believe they "deserve" to have their material desires met more than others because they are "better."For the most part I would imagine there are a lot of entitled people working to secure their own interests in different domains, that have the means to do so, and the collection of those efforts expresses itself as massive inequality.
