This video reminded me a lot of both The Grapes of Wrath and The Great Gatsby. As one can see in the video, there's a crazy big difference between what the wealthy make versus what the rest of America makes. Even if they did go to better universities or work harder, the sheer amount of money that the rich make still just doesn't seem quite fair. In The Great Gatsby, the wealthy like Gatsby or the Buchanans enjoy extravagant lifestyles with luxurious houses and huge parties, while the poorer people like the Wilsons live in ash-covered wastelands next to loud and rattling railroads. In The Grapes of Wrath, all the money is concentrated in the banks, and the poorer migrants have to struggle just to survive. In all of these examples, there is a surprisingly big difference between the rich and the rest of America that is very noticeable.
The video employs ethos by stating that its statistics is from a survey conducted by a Harvard professor and economist in a group of 5,000 Americans. Not only does the video have the prestige of the Harvard professor to ride on, but also the accuracy of surveying large groups. The narrator also uses diction that helps the viewers be sympathetic towards the struggling poor. The main argument that the video employs, though, is logos, through its use of facts and statistics. Nobody can argue with hard facts, which this video definitely uses a lot of. There's no doubt, through these statistics, that there is a big gap between the wealthy and the rest of the population.
After watching this video, I'm pretty surprised that I, or anyone else I know, hadn't heard of this before. I'm glad we were assigned this because I think it's important for people to have a realistic look at the world and our country, and that's definitely something this video gives.