I have a sneaking suspicion that that the billions spent by VCs funding useless garbage tech and startups, that failed anyhow because they were idiotic ideas only a handful of people would pay for, could have been used to do something stupid like feed all the poor or end homelessness in the country.
We need extreme wealth disparity otherwise our elites would not be able to waste their money on awesome ideas like auto-shifting bikes, a 3rd-way peanut butter, and an app that tracks all your movements for monetizing but also tells you where you parked your car.