I am talking about the world as we find it. One hopes it doesn't stay that way. As one hopes the accumulation of wealth today doesn't keep going into the hands of the 1% and away from everyone else.
In fact, if we look at where we are today, with the wealthy, those who can comfortably maintain a middle or upper middle-class lifestyle, and everyone else who ekes out a living and is on the verge of financial catastrophe if any major set back happens; we have a parallel to the Family, Serf, and Waste in Lazarus. Is there any question that much of our government are just vassals to the Corporate elite.