That’s a pretty low bar in a world where a handful of people have literally hundreds (if not more) of times the amount of wealth as you and I, and yet still a significant portion of Americans live below or near the poverty line. I contend, not unreasonably, that we can do better than internet access, drinkable water, and other basic necessities of post-industrial living and still have plenty of inequality to make rich people feel superior or whatever. The U.S. economy is tremendously more productive than it was even 20 years ago, but have wages and prosperity risen proportionately among the lower and middle classes over that timespan? No. Yet wealthy children are able to exploit their privilege to get positions that “ladder climbers” could have gotten.

But yes, let us thank our benevolent masters, who throw pennies from their high castles at us commoners as we bow and scrape for their favor. Nothing to see here, folks, poor children get potable water and rich children get seven figure salaries! What inequality and nepotism do you speak of?

I can only imagine how much more charitable you would be with his level of wealth, given how charitable you are with the _literal vast expanse_ of your current.

People online need to be more like you. I appreciate your thoughtful response to my comment, as well as your willingness to discuss this issue in good faith so far