Maybe in some cases. But not in others. Some of us are "secondhand smokers" of wealth inequality.
Myself, I'm the only techie in the family. My parents were not in tech. My siblings are not in tech. My SO is not in tech. Many of my friends aren't either. Supporting them in hardships caused by the income situation does affect me personally, and so does looking at the problems of people I know.
Your SO not being in tech + your income probably is $100k or more. Once you reach that point in the US, you are not materially impacted personally.
We all have friends/family/etc that are not in tech and we float them money sometimes when they are in a bind. That isn't the same thing as wealth inequality materially impacting you personally.
You see the larger impact it has on other people. And that bothers you, which is perfectly understandable. But that is a political problem rather than a personal thing at that point.
It isn't about my personal situation. Wealth inequality doesn't affect the people on HN in any real, substantial way if they work for a tech company because we (mostly) are in the 6 figure household income bracket where you can live a good life in America without being bothered by things.
I'm still angry about it because I see its effects in larger political campaign spends and a constant push for lower taxes on the rich rather than the poor.
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/tax-cuts-for-the-r...
> A growing body of research suggests that investments in children in low-income families not only reduce poverty and hardship in the near term, but can have long-lasting positive effects on their health, education, and earnings as adults. Cutting programs that support low-income families to fund tax cuts for the rich could therefore also have negative long-run economic impacts.
Tax cuts for the poor, not the rich. :p