Re:Growing income inequality is driving public mistrust
by jauntywundrkind on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @08:50PM
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I don't think there's been 3 generations to test this across, since the post-war boom.
Sure there's data from before, but society hasn't been "at scale" for very long. It sure seems like the recently emerged mega-economies have a few star powers, ever consolidating their hold.
Squeezing out other wealthy families isn't helping the total distribution, if that is the case.
Companies keep getting bigger and bigger & the ultra rich get ultra-richer. Families could keep falling like flies, but wealth could still be ever more owned by ultra-wealthy.
Sure there's data from before, but society hasn't been "at scale" for very long. It sure seems like the recently emerged mega-economies have a few star powers, ever consolidating their hold.
Squeezing out other wealthy families isn't helping the total distribution, if that is the case. Companies keep getting bigger and bigger & the ultra rich get ultra-richer. Families could keep falling like flies, but wealth could still be ever more owned by ultra-wealthy.