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The speakers describe a luxurious party during the Gilded Age, and how it was criticized due to the party's great expenses during a time of struggle for many working-class families. The narrator mentions how the major economic growth led to a large wealth gap between the rich and poor, and how the wealthy minority essentially gained control of America.
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