While you’re online screaming at strangers about culture war nonsense, the top 1% is quietly hoarding 31.7% of all U.S. wealth while 165 million Americans split a pathetic 2.5% of what’s left — and the people who are supposed to fix it are too busy trading stocks on insider information to bother. During the April 2025 tariff chaos, dozens of Congress members on both sides made thousands of suspiciously well-timed trades, and the penalty for getting caught is a $200 fine — less than a parking ticket. You’re not polarized. You’re just a very effective distraction from your own robbery.

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