Or to put it more simply, the 1% issue isn't actually a problem of capitalism, it's a problem of not letting the negative times in capitalism to play out.
It's like if Las Vegas only ever had winners. The Gini coefficient there would rapidly increase as those who could bet more would rapidly outpace those who could bet less. Let Las Vegas play out how it should, and the rich will be brought down to the level of everyone else.
Our main issue is that we've developed a "Negative avoidance" culture.
Another helpful graph to point it out...
See how much larger the drop is in corproate profits vs wages+other benefits? Track Corporate wages at it's lowest point, back to where it was lowest before, and compaire where real wages were in 2009 vs 2003.
