Hm… and you think the world was any different before the corporation was founded? I have never known a poor person (relatively speaking) who gave another person a job. Jobs, by definition, are created by people who ALREADY have the capital to risk, i.e., they start out rich relative to their employees.
The corporation does not concentrate wealth in the hands of a few. Economically, it incentivizes the already well-capitalized: 1) to risk their money, 2) to improve society by producing a product which improves people’s lives so much so the people voluntarily part with their money to buy it, and 3) to allow employees to share in the process by having a job in the corporation. By any standard, the corporation actually spreads wealth, not concentrates it.
Clearly if you belong to 1-2% or so, you are better off now than in the 70-80s. Isn’t the what widening ineuality means?
It’s a bit boring to be lectured on what a corporation is created to do. Nothing is absolute. That’s getting dogmatic. As individuals, we are also programmed to act on for our self interest. But we don’t always. We know it will lead to chaos benefitting no one in the end. We modified to balance for a collective good. I don’t see anything wrong with redirecting self-preservation for a lasting collective good. That applies more prominently for corporations since they can’t exist in a vacuum. It’s in their interest we preserve a sound structure.