Some people believe that the range of technology available to individuals today is increasing the gap between the poor people and the rich people. Others think it is having an opposite effect. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Opinions differ on whether the diversity of technology accessible to

people

aggravates the inequality between the rich and the poor or narrows

such

a gap between the two parties.

Although

some

individuals

would agree with the former

due to

several reasons, I believe that technology actually bridges the chasm between the two social classes. Admittedly, the technological range may isolate wealthy and impoverished

individuals

due to

the lack of universal access and unemployment. Regarding the former, the elite and

people

in the upper class can possess state-of-the-art technologies

due to

their financial background, which means that they have social status shown via their assets.

For example

,

people

tend to respect Elon Musk, who is one of the billionaires in the US,

due to

his wealth invested in exploring outer space. Meanwhile, the poor may not have enough money to purchase exorbitant commodities,

thus

being less superior to the rich within a society. With regard to the latter,

while

those who are in poverty tend to be responsible for labour-intensive and manual jobs like plumbers and construction workers, they are increasingly replaced by machines with higher productivity and more accurate performance at work.

This

is because

such

equipment benefits corporations more, and it helps reduce costs and financial remunerations.

As a result

, the wealthy, especially capitalists, tend to become richer and richer,

while

unemployed and poor

individuals

stand at the other end of the spectrum.

However

,

although

there are risks that the development of automation broadens the gap between well-off and poverty-stricken

individuals

,

this

phenomenon does not mean that the latter totally lack technological means of enhancing their living standards. One of the reasons is that because the Internet has been widely accessed by the impoverished, they can attend ubiquitous free-of-charge courses online in order to educate themselves before getting a certificate related to certain professions that they prefer.

In addition

, as social websites have increased transparency in governance and brought down corruption, the government has been motivated to support the poor so that they can have a good-quality living standard. In conclusion, despite certain claims that technological advancement is responsible for the rich-poor gap

due to

unequal access to automation

as well as

unemployment, I believe that the opposite effect is in fact taking place, as

such

development creates opportunities for less wealthy

people

to educate themselves and find a sustainable job

as well as

prompting the government to support them.