There's a level of inequality that is beneficial but then there's a level of inequality that isn't. Just a blanket "inequality is good no matter what" doesn't s

There's a level of inequality that is beneficial but then there's a level of inequality that isn't. Just a blanket "inequality is good no matter what" doesn't seem to hold water. Some inequality seems necessary for progress but inequality also seems fairly undemocractic, if we're not all equals why do we have a political system that acts as if we should be (or works better the less unequal we are).