Depending on field productivity is insanely top-weighted. Take the Music Industry. The Beatles produce incomprehensibly more profitable content than your local garage band. Their value isn't merely a result of capitalism too. Even in a non-capitalistic system they would be highly valuable musicians.
One phenomenon that's been happening is the increasing top-heaviness of society due to automation because you simply need less people to work. The value of labour has plummeted for other reasons as well such as mass immigration and the workforce increasingly incorporating women.
One phenomenon that's been happening is the increasing top-heaviness of society due to automation because you simply need less people to work. The value of labour has plummeted for other reasons as well such as mass immigration and the workforce increasingly incorporating women.