I personally dont think the important factor is the spread, but the visible spread. If some king you have never seen lives in splendor somewhere you have never

I personally dont think the important factor is the spread, but the visible spread. If some king you have never seen lives in splendor somewhere you have never been, people dont care much as long as their basic needs are met. Alternatively, if you see major inequality all day long, just to go home and be bombarded by even more extravagant displays of lives you can never have on facebook, people will naturally be outraged. For better or worse, that particular cat is out of the bag, and I dont think anyone can put back in. For the most part, people have no measure for the material quality of their lives besides comparing it to others in they see. It doesnt matter if you have wealth and comforts beyond your grandparents wildest dreams, if it seems like you are worse off than 90% of the people on the street. In the 1930s, Keynes imagined that humans would live lives of leisure as productivity doubled every 20 years. However, the human hunger for material comforts is bottomless, largely because it is not the absolute quantity, but relative amount that matters. Where do you live that inheritance tax is so high? It looks like there aren't many[1]. I dont think that would help too much in general. Most of the most publicly outrageous fortunes in the US are first generation wealth. There is much more anger directed at the Gates, Bezos, and Musks of the world than their various elite children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_inheritance_tax_rates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_inheritan...