That's fair. I suppose partially I'm coming from the perspective of: why should I care if a system is stable if it benefits the rich at my expense. As I see i

That's fair. I suppose partially I'm coming from the perspective of: why should I care if a system is stable if it benefits the rich at my expense. As I see it the idea of liberal democracy is to create a system that works for everyone so that everyone is incentivized to make it stable. As long as that's not the case, then it seems reasonable to be willing to trade some stability for more equality.