The Divide review – a fierce, unsettling critique of inequality
by Peter Bradshaw from on (#1BBHJ)
Katharine Round's documentary, inspired by The Spirit Level, is a short, sharp shock about the failings of free-market economics
There is a certain type of pundit who will elaborately explain that he believes in equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome - but is in reality deeply uninterested in both. It is perfectly natural for the self-made businessmen and bootstrap entrepreneurs to feel that their grinding hard work entitles them to hard-won privileges, like unequal opportunities for their children.
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