What kind of socioeconomic gap does corruption create?

After reading The Great Gatsby, I can conclude that F. Scott’s Fitzgerald’s work stands as a timeless truth about how corruption can destroy a society’s morals and strengthen socioeconomic inequality. Fitzgerald shows that in a society ruled by corruption, the American Dream is dead at its very root, for there is an insurmountable chasm between the Valley of Ashes and those who create its smoke while living in golden palaces. This chasm cannot be bridged by love or by millions.…