Yes and no, the pitchforks come out when people are prevented from achieving their full potential by others who feel threatened by that. For now, this isn't the case in the USA. Sure you have a harder time getting lift off if you are born into a dysfunctional family living on welfare, but there are exits and many people work very hard to help illuminate the pathway to the exit for those kids.
The question of "Why not just kill the people who have what you want?" is fundamentally a dystopian one. Feudalism, warlords, not a way to move forward. There are plenty of examples in the world today, just look at Syria which has millions of people who could be productively running shops, writing books, learning about the world, developing new products, and instead they displaced in refugee camps in Turkey by war between fundamentally ideologically disjoint groups.
So while it may be uncharitable to suggest someone seek psychological help for asking the question, the fact that the question is even considered as a possible "solution" (and it is presented that way in the GP post) raises a bigger question which is "What exactly does the poster expect to be the result of people just going out and killing other people they don't like?"