It's better to be unequal in plenty than equal in want.

[aphar]

Bernie Sanders, "Close The Gaps: Disparities That Threaten America":
"These days, the American dream is more apt to be realized in South America, in places such as Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina, where incomes are actually more equal today".

NYT/CNN/HuffPost: "Hundreds Of Children In Venezuela Are Starving To Death".

I tip my hat to Bernie Sanders who bravely did not remove the crap he wrote 6 years ago despite the starving children.
That's some mettle.

On a more serious note, it does seem unfortunate that income inequality bothers some people more than adversity.

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[ymarkov]

Было, вроде, какое-то исследование, которое показало: люди, живущие в самом большом доме бедного района, чувствуют себя лучше, чем люди, живущие в самом маленьком доме богатого района – хотя последний больше и лучше первого! "Пусть его корова сдохнет" в западном варианте...