the perception is that the wealth disparity is only increasing
That may well be the perception, but it’s not the reality. @taskmaster4450 does a post once a month showing how the wealth disparity is slowly decreasing.
Here’s his most recent post on the subject:
https://steemit.com/steem/@taskmaster4450/steem-whales-are-losing-their-power-the-system-is-not-broken-report-through-5-31-2018
Nice, This is great.