re: #3 000G

So… what are the social effects perpetuating this social illusion?

PBS Newshour has a good segment on this in which they interview various people including one of the study’s authors. One of the causes is explained as a greater level of inequality existing in our society is as a whole than in it’s constituent parts, or local communities. The interviewees explain it in terms of our being insulated, combined with the fact that the gains are mostly out of sight, going to the very top.