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Inequality isn't a problem. Fairness is the problem when it comes to economic growth. People want to have a fair chance, not just one half taking all the benefits.

Not horrifying: When your refrigerator dies and you can go buy another without blinking.

Horrifying: When you misplace a $20 bill and now you can't pay your rent.

It's really simple to understand.

Okay, being poor can be horrifying. But I don't see what's horrifying about the fact that some people have more wealth than others.

The fact that inequality exists is not the problem, it's the severity of the inequality that is the problem.

Take an extreme example - out of a population of 1000 people you have 1 person owning 99% of the wealth, with the other 1% distributed to the other 999. Does that seem like an efficient, properly operating economy to you?

Obviously there is some balancing needs to happen, the trick is figuring out where the fulcrum should sit for the most efficiency.

Inequality is great really. It incentivizes people to give extra effort for a reward. But gone too far, the efficiency of humanity will drop. There needs to be (and there probably is) shifts in wealth to keep things moving. Let's get those moon bases going.

The fact that it's growing is a problem.

Why?

I don't think it's healthy for a society to split into haves and have-nots. At some point the have-nots will realize that something is not fair there.

Inequality is indeed inevitable, but inequality to this degree is relatively recent. You must have a short memory.

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