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I agree with you, but I am curious about which specific real-world examples are you thinking of. It would be great if you can describe one or two.

• poof131 10y ago
  An example I can think of is healthcare. I’ve seen plenty of dogs in Silicon Valley with better healthcare than many people on the planet. The market is allocating resources to train vets to take care of animals better than people because that’s what people with money want. It’s easily justified as a sacrifice, “I’m spending $8k on Fido’s surgery instead of putting it toward a Tesla like my neighbor.” But this really still hides the ridiculousness of the fact that an animal is receiving better care then many people. The only way to deal with this in my opinion is to enact policies that strengthen the middle class, so more people have enough money for the things that really matter and fewer people have enough money for the things that don’t.