The film begins with the idea that we no longer live in a just society where the same rules apply to everyone.
"It's called Breaking Social, that we experience a breach of the social contract. Most people have a basic feeling about how it should be: that if you follow certain rules, you will be rewarded. But then many discover that the system is rigged.
One example that Gertten highlights is the reduced influence of the nation state when rich people have the opportunity to buy citizenship and passports in other countries in return for investment.
"You can kind of diversify your person so no tax authority can ever find you. They live above the nation states.
"Looking for global patterns"
Fredrik Gertten has previously made the film Bananas, which follows how a group of Nicaraguan fruit workers sue the fruit and vegetable company Dole for using a pesticide that has long been banned in the United States.
He has also made films about the global rental market and mass motoring.
"Just like in previous films, I look for global patterns. I think it is easier to understand our time if we see what unites us globally – what common challenges we face. We ourselves know that we have the climate challenge but also increasing injustice, the world's super-rich are pulling away. During the pandemic, they doubled their fortunes.