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In our August 2025 video essay, Chelsea dives into some problematic discourse we've been seeing online lately: categorizing the ultra-wealthy by whether or not they "rich right." From Becca Bloom to Kylie Jenner to a million rich kids in-between, what does it mean to be a rich person who riches right? And why does gen z idolize some nepo babies while hating others?

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SOURCE LINKS:

https://inequality.org/facts/wealth-inequality

https://time.com/archive/6719739/the-war-against-feminism/

https://money.howstuffworks.com/10-effects-of-deregulation.htm

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchezs-celebrity-venice-wedding-facts-figures-2025-06-24/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/27/style/jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-wedding

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00:00:00 Intro
00:02:10 Ad break
00:18:07 Are we back in the 80s?
00:24:10 The Bezos wedding
00:27:42 The false promise of "taste"
00:33:43 Who is "riching right"?
00:49:44 The real markers of wealth
00:53:55 All of this is a distraction

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