> I doubt you'd find many people who actually agree that inequality is a desired outcome of a properly functioning economy (even if it's true). I don't agree (

> I doubt you'd find many people who actually agree that inequality is a desired outcome of a properly functioning economy (even if it's true). I don't agree (with your statement). I mean, I don't think most people actively begrudge people having a better situation than them - just like they don't sit around getting angry that Rachmaninoff is a better composer than them, or that Michael Jordan is a better basketball player. I think people do sometimes instinctively feel that one person having more wealth is somehow depriving them - but that's not universal, and only comes up in certain situations. > "The greatest trick the Super-Elite ever pulled was convincing the world that they didn't exist." > You see very few news stories about private jet vacations or the real-estate holdings of the super-wealthy. Like, I don't think you're actually claiming that there's any conspiracy here of the super-elite, despite the wording. But I don't get your point. You think it takes active work to make it so that there are no news stories about the super elite? I mean, I don't expect the newspapers in poorer countries to be filled with stories about how much better everyone in America has it. I don't think it's because Americans did anything special - it just doesn't really interest people. And again, I don't think everyone in Africa feels that the fact that most Americans are better off than them is necessarily so terrible. I think this sentiment tends to come up in certain situations (especially when explicitly talking about economic inequality), but not in general.