> Of course, someone will respond moving the goal posts about how it’s different It's very different though, we're talking about either workers under the same

> Of course, someone will respond moving the goal posts about how it’s different It's very different though, we're talking about either workers under the same company, or citizens within the same country. Both of which have social contracts binding the people within those organizations. If you're working for one of these companies, it's your potential comp going to that CEO. You've also contributed to that income with your work at the company. There's more entitlement and reason to feel like the CEO isn't pulling in the weight of it's comp. That you're not getting the same comp to value ratio. That you could do better or just as good a job as them, etc. Similarly, as a citizen, you might feel they're not producing value to society proportional to their wealth. That they're not paying their fair share, etc. If some poor person in Africa had also entered in a similar social contract, they'd have similar rights to complain about your big tech salary relative to theirs. And you might be more concerned about it as well, you might be asking for better social welfare or free healthcare for example, to help them out. Or discuss changes to tax brackets. Etc.