If we didn't let the rich get richer, would they then figure out other ways to enslave the poor and make their lives ever more miserable? It seems humans have a

If we didn't let the rich get richer, would they then figure out other ways to enslave the poor and make their lives ever more miserable? It seems humans have a built in need for win-lose scenarios (schadenfreude?) and winning races by ever increasing margins. Cant we make a logarithmic scale for money so that 10x more money is only double the buying power?