Yeah, but compare even Henry Ford, who was not exactly a socialist icon, when he said:

There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: make the best quality goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.

...to the 'fuck you I got mine' attitude that is utterly pervasive today. Definitely feels like something other than just the evolution of a broken system. It has changed in character as well as in scope.