So, your point seems partly that rich people should stop pretending their poor. I agree. But most of what you said is very problematic. > then you are a benef

So, your point seems partly that rich people should stop pretending their poor. I agree. But most of what you said is very problematic. > then you are a beneficiary of inequality, not a victim of it, and you don’t have the right to whine about the billionaires hoarding all the wealth at your expense. "Whining" about behavior that harms society is not a right we lose by engaging in that behavior. It's an obligation, and you can't get out of it by being rich. But perhaps more relevantly, there's much be more to someone's well-being than their net worth. I'd be better off if crime were lower, if we had more scientists figuring out how to make my phone battery last longer (or curing cancers; pick your priority). But instead, so many potential Einsteins had nutritional deficiencies as children? (Fun fact: the poorest 20% of kids had cognitive gains equivalent to a full standard deviation when given multivitamins[0]). Maybe you make it past that. Cool, but oops, you have to drop out of high school so you can work to support their families. (I've personally known quite a few students who dropped out for precisely this reason.) People with good education and a safety net, tend not to get addicted to drugs, or commit violent crimes, or break into homes, because they don't have to. I want that for all people. That would not just improve their well-being. It would improve my well-being. Having a society of healthy, happy, smart, educated people with food and housing security would make my life better. People who are financially well-off need to "whine" about this shit until it's fixed. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10706232 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10706232