There's an implied choice just by bringing up the subject of proportionality. As for stats we can attack a legion of asterisks to them but that misses the poin

There's an implied choice just by bringing up the subject of proportionality. As for stats we can attack a legion of asterisks to them but that misses the point: there are rich countries that are not unequal. Proportionality is not relevant to the discussion about what the US should do to restore truer meritocracy.