If the UK's minimum wage had risen with its executive pay, the lowest paid jobs in the country would be worth £26K/year

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@SheiffFatman

But the increasing relative wealth of those at the top diverts an ever greater share of those goods with a strictly limited supply into their possession, most notably real estate.

And political power. Which is then leveraged into more wealth, and more power, and more wealth, and…

Once you get past minimal subsistence levels, excessive inequality is worse than lack of wealth. Wealth is power, and inequalities of power create corruption and abuse.