One of the big reason we have an increase in wealth inequality is globalization.  Before 2000, you were only competing with another American at the same wage.  Now, you need to compete with workers in India, China, and Mexico.<p>If not in those countries, big companies like Facebook will just bring them over on an H1B visa at a similarly competitive wage.<p>It&#x27;s the same phenomenon that happened when technology uprooted the music industry 15 years ago: small, indy labels can now no longer survive because nobody actually buys music anymore and we are left with huge labels.<p>Adblock will eventually do the same with independent blogs: If you want to make any sort of living, you will need to post your content on a large-corporate owned blog that has enough traffic to make money outside the ad system.