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You are exactly right:
"A remarkable study (Norton & Ariely, 2010) reveals that Americans have no idea that the wealth distribution (defined for them in terms of "net worth") is as concentrated as it is. When shown three pie charts representing possible wealth distributions, 90% or more of the 5,522 respondents -- whatever their gender, age, income level, or party affiliation -- thought that the American wealth distribution most resembled one in which the top 20% has about 60% of the wealth. In fact, of course, the top 20% control about 85% of the wealth"
"The ratio of CEO pay to factory worker pay rose from 42:1 in 1960 to as high as 531:1 in 2000"
"Most amazing of all, the top 0.1% -- that's one-tenth of one percent -- had more combined pre-tax income than the poorest 120 million people (Johnston, 2006)."
"Furthermore, if the top 20% have 84% of the wealth (and recall that 10% have 85% to 90% of the stocks, bonds, trust funds, and business equity), that means that the United States is a power pyramid. It's tough for the bottom 80% -- maybe even the bottom 90% -- to get organized and exercise much power."
"only 39 of the 134 countries have worse income inequality."
Who Rules America: Wealth, Income, and Power
While those are good statistics, what do they tell us. The founders of these social media companies are worth billions each. In a global world where we can sell an idea not just to americans but all over the world there is a great payday for folks who can create this sort of value. Corp CEOs are a different scenario. Here we do need to be able to put more pressure on the boards of directors to do their jobs and pay these execs more reasonably. You could also change the taxes on stock options where most of the money comes from.