The success of our economy is increasing becoming disconnected from the success of the average American.

Yes that is a fair assessment. What are the downsides of it? More political idiocy, sure, that is a real one, as long as an average American can vote. Any other ones?

It doesn't mean some freemasons are grabbing all cash, or oligarchs. Most of the new wealth goes to "normal" rich and upper middle class. All of the top 10% are raking in big.

Pretty sure it's the 1% and 0.1% that are gaining the most new wealth and it just decreases down from there the less wealth you have.

tell me you have valuable RSUs / options without telling me you have valuable RSUs / options...

that or you're a very highly compensated tech worker (congrats btw, no shade, legit congrats) that is also a real estate speculator...

Seriously, i'm 47 and i only knew a SINGLE person in my life who escaped poverty through job. A lady who became a CFO and executive vice-president of a EU system-wide importance bank. And i don't hang out with poor people in general.

Maybe in US it's different, but here in Europe, "jobs" have always been merely a more or less guaranteed safety net to escape total destitution and becoming homeless. If you wanted to make it in life on even the most basic level (buy an apartment, get married etc.), you ALWAYS had to do something better than a job, or own assets.

Vast majority of jobs are not about economy, they are about social policy and politics (because people vote, so society has to at least somewhat placate them to avoid awfully nasty election outcomes).