> (a) Society is currently less stratified than pretty much any point in recorded history, so if you don't like stratification then don't complain. In terms of

> (a) Society is currently less stratified than pretty much any point in recorded history, so if you don't like stratification then don't complain. In terms of the share of U.S. income going to the top 10% or 1%, the data would seem to imply that the U.S. is currently the most stratified it's been in over 80 years [1]. [1] http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/the-rich-get-richer-through-the-recovery/ http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/the-rich-get-ri...