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Absolutely the worst movie.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

If I recall correctly, I espied the word *****{¹} only one(1), solitary time for the duration of this entire film (NB: It was festooned across a―I believe―"Occupy Wall Street" protester's placard). Besides this one, fleeting instance, I do not believe I saw (much less, heard) the ineffable term in question, uttered or alluded to―from the opening titles to the closing credits of this documentary.The thing is; if we, as a society, cannot acknowledge and confront the problem, we have little hope of ever curing the source of the disease that ails us. If we are unwilling to localise the cause, we will forever only futilely treat the perpetually reöccurring, ingravescent symptoms... Until we inevitably succumb to our affliction ― once and for all. Reich's vivisection of the catatonic capitalist crevasse that the West has fallen into, is both a pointed and a mostly veridical assessment of the potentially civilisation-ending cycle of zealous Mammon-worship, and contiguous prosperity, that global inequality has bestowed upon the Occident. Reich unabashëdly fingers those who ― in spite of his own admirable, larger-than-stature efforts; as the U.S.'s Secretary of Labor (et al.) ― have plundered the post-WW2 U.S. economic hegemony, and whose continuing insatiable esurience for 'one shekel more', is ironically condemning (condemnED?) the nation (and beyond) which has fed them their ambrosia―to the fate of those (developing and Third World) who have served as their footstools for $u¢¢e$$.His plaintive pleas, however, are not without elision and / or redaction: No mention is made of the U.S. Northern War of Aggression (a.k.a. "Civil War") ― the epoch marking the nation's Plutocratic anointment and the arguable roots of its ravenous rapaciousness ― the literal trillion$ continuously "lost" in "known unknown" military "black budgets"; the correlation of the usury banking system to the creation of non-existent money from nothing―coming at the direct expense of proletariat livelihood; the inherently cyclical, prosperity-to-poverty, roller coaster nature the unbridled model of capitalism said system's proponents protect with the fervour of martyrs; AIPAC(!)... etc..For mine, if there is one trenchant take-away from this film (and there IS more than one), it's the rather perfunctory reality of the purchasing power of "the rich" ― exampled with respect to pillows(!): Even the billionaire buys only one pillow ― and if their socio-economic station comes at the immolation of "middle class" ― their 'pillow-purchasing- power', alone, will not fill the void created in market-demand for pillows. What ensues from here, requires no pay-to-learn, economic Ph.D paper planes for one extrapolate... 'Inequality for All' is essential viewing for anyone who is interested in understanding why society is the way it is, the direction it is careening in as a result, and the fiscal predicament (or preëminence) they may find themselves in. A excellent addendum to one's economic edification.{¹GREED}

I have become so cynical politically. I watched this and began to think, "OK. Another dose of reality for the powerless to absorb. I agree with Robert Reich but wonder where it will all end. The Koch brothers are down there buying political candidates (as are some of the liberal moneybags) and the middle class is being sold down the river. Instead of engaging the government, the Tea Party wants to end big government (ain't gonna happen) and there is more fragmentation all the time. We see those who oppose us (whatever side we're on) as our enemies. Do people realize that we are kind of set up for the new French Revolution? It probably doesn't matter because in about a hundred years we will deplete our resources and half the populated parts of our country will be flooded. Most interesting in this film was the shift of the 70's where women began to "have" to work, the extension of the workday (as well as second jobs) and the borrowing (second mortgages, etc.) have led us down this road. I see there are some single star reviews. This is the ridiculous effort to somehow diminish the rating of a film like this. The film makes many valid points and whether your in the pocket of the plutocrats or not, there is a lot to learn before it is too late.

Reich does not understand a lot about economics or American history. He tries to center his ideas on the income tax and the fundamental flaw of believing the economy runs on consumption (it does not). He also does not understand free trade, monetary policy or the payroll tax and income tax. He makes fundamentally wrong assumptions throughout the film. If you have taken enough economics, this film will demonstrate why President Clinton let him go. Cheap graphs and a telling story are suppose to convince you that he is right but the pillow manufacturer shows how flawed the premise is. Sure a rich guy can only buy one pillow for himself but he could invest in a hotel of 400 rooms which would need at least 800 pillows. The same goes with the 93 percent income tax. That rate was designed to encourage investors to buy government bonds during the war. If you buy 100 million dollars of government bonds, and it only pays 1 percent a year, you will get one million dollars a year free of taxes. No income tax. No payroll tax. So who needs an offshore account?

watched INEQUALITY FOR ALL ...last year I saw an interview on RT featuring Robert Reich..& honestly I had no idea who he is/was..BUT what made me hooked to this guy was his revolutionary views about the economy & the people who controls it...THIS documentary is about the same thing It tells us about the economy..n how filthy rich "capitalists" controls it by sucking the money out of the common worker/people & how the government helps em to rob the very people who elected it....BUT don't think of it as a communist propaganda..the makers only worry about the America & the American people..they say it again n again(Its the only lag that stops people around the world to relate from the situation..cause methods can be diff but this is what is happening to all of em) AND it tells us all this stuff in the simplest form possible..you never get bored for a second..it portrays every aspect of the situation..so you can't call it biased at all..except that he went a little generous on the Bill Clinton & his own office years(what I think)..even than the film reveals a lot of things..things you must know As an outsider I enjoyed this knowledge/stuff & think its a _MUST WATCH_ for locals(US citizens)& _WORTH A WATCH_ for everyone else