Exactly. The working poor want good health insurance, affordable college, paid time off, a pension/retirement, home equity, a safe neighborhood, passive income, a few yearly vacations, etc. Basically what me and all my friends and family have.

But whenever the income divide comes up in personal discussion otherwise smart people imply the working poor wants the private island, rockets, lambos, and yachts of billionaires and that could destabilize society.

Just wait until the richer guy builds a better rocket, then you'll feel shat upon.

Comparison is the thief of joy. It’s also not necessary.

Absolutely. You can never win with comparison, you can only lose.

Am I rich? Arguably, yes. Am I richer than my neighbors? Not sure. But if I were, then we move to, Am I richer than anyone in my city? State? Country? World? When you climb, when you get to the point that you win the comparison game, you realize that you were only comparing yourself to a subset, and there's a bigger pond to play in... in which you're currently one of the losers.

A less cancerous comparison (but by no means good) might be to approach this from a statistical/distributions point of view.

What quantile of the population do I belong to? Still a comparison, but you set the bounds early. If you have to do the damn thing, whether by quirk of personality or impulse, at least make it explicit.

Haha. Low-key means not trying to build a rocket. Just having excess money but living way below your means.

...until you get Captain Kirk to ride in your rocket.