How do you people see it?

I think it's still a diamond shape, the middle class is just quieter than the extremes. The rich are generally movie and sports figures and owners of large corporations who are just naturally in the spotlight. The poor get publicity through politics because it's just basic benevolence to help the less fortunate. I agree that the rich are getting richer, but as for the poor, at least in the US, if you're able to keep a job, you're not getting poorer. Poverty in the rest of the world is of course different, probably having a lot to do with corrupt government and life philosophies that aren't congruent with the West. Wealth doesn't necessarily ensure happiness and poverty doesn't necessarily ensure unhappiness.