Every time this sentiment comes up, it's worth repeating: it's not about envy. It's not about how much they have or how much better their life is than yours. I

Every time this sentiment comes up, it's worth repeating: it's not about envy. It's not about how much they have or how much better their life is than yours. It's about inequality creating a worse world for everyone. We all do this exercise of being happy with what we have regularly. This is how you deal with the reality that you live in. But you shouldn't let this coping mechanism stop you from pushing for a better world with less inequality. Getting comfortable with how broken things are is necessary, but not sufficient. Imagining that things could be worse is only half the answer. The other half is thinking how things could be better.