> As the topic progressed, it was brought up that a functioning democracy has "way less" income inequality. I brought it up, but should have said wealth inequa

> As the topic progressed, it was brought up that a functioning democracy has "way less" income inequality. I brought it up, but should have said wealth inequality to avoid any technicalities. The fish we are talking about have the means to move the nets like they want, so for our subject is does not even matter. Democratic societies with an educated populace, with access to health care, equal rights and a functioning judicial system usually have less anomalies in wealth distribution too. Kleptocracies usually have an extremely rich but small elite, and a poor populace that have less access to education, health and rights. That's all. But as a bonus: the gdp/pp is higher in democratic societies than in kleptocracies. But that is another topic.