yes, for almost all of human history wealth inequality has been (far) worse than it is today. The only period of relatively more equality was post-WW2. Inequal

yes, for almost all of human history wealth inequality has been (far) worse than it is today. The only period of relatively more equality was post-WW2. Inequality then, as ever, has only been reduced by mass death -- either in the form of wars, or plagues, famines etc. The mechanism of wealth acquisition, ie., investment /(preferential attachment), necessarily iterates towards increasing levels of inequality.