Let's be careful not to conflate (A) general technological-progress with (B) changes in economic organization and wealth distribution. The nice things from (A)

Let's be careful not to conflate (A) general technological-progress with (B) changes in economic organization and wealth distribution. The nice things from (A) don't necessarily require what co-occurred with (B). There is nothing in the physics or materials of a refrigerator which requires the assembler to have been paid less than the CEO.