Fair enough, and I appreciate the extra perspective. I wouldn't deny that many of these things have improved. Very little actually gets worse in a literal sen

Fair enough, and I appreciate the extra perspective. I wouldn't deny that many of these things have improved. Very little actually gets worse in a literal sense (environmental issues and other negative externalities aside, though they are very relevant as well). The concern is that they tend to get marginally better when they should by all means be getting significantly better, because the lion's share of the benefits feed the ever-widening wealth gap.