Technical progress has brought about any of the perceived benefits you mention; the economic system has only caused those benefits to be disproportionately appl

Technical progress has brought about any of the perceived benefits you mention; the economic system has only caused those benefits to be disproportionately applied. While the median quality of life has improved, the extremes continue to widen making that metric less and less relevant. The "average person" you talk about has become a tiny minority. Your comparison of wealth concentration to the 1930s is also disingenuous: wealth concentration spiked massively toward the end of the 1920s, it was far lower than now before and after that. That particular point in history isn't a particularly ambitious bar to set. Though if you're linking heritage.org while keeping a straight face, I fear this may fall on deaf ears...