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by throw0101d 1 hour ago
> The separation of wealth during the Gilded age was caused by the same thing it is caused by today: rapid industrialization.

What "rapid industrialization" is happening today?
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Noaidi 1 hour ago
Have you lived through the late 90s big tech boom or the current AI boom?
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throw0101d 1 hour ago
> Have you lived through the late 90s big tech boom or the current AI boom?

Inequality (at least in the US) started growing in the 1980s, after Reagan got elected. For causes I'd start with these:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_doctrine

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics

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