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I'm not angry that people are richer than me, I'm angry that they're so UNBELIEVABLY MASSIVELY rich that they're basically black holes sucking in more money and leaving others with nothing. I don't want to be rich, I want to know I can still afford food and basic amenities next month and not have to think about whether my shoes can withstand another winter or if I should buy new ones and not to wonder whether that slight pain in my teeth needs to be fixed now or if it's just my imagination and not have to fight my health insurance for non-urgent leg surgery and other treatments that would increase my quality of life by several orders of magnitude (and enable me to work again at least part-time!) instead of treating symptoms. And I'm saying this in a first world developed industrial nation with a comparatively good social security safety net.
My point exactly, if they weren't as rich, you wouldn't be as envious
Sure. If they weren't as rich, the money would be elsewhere where it's actually needed. I'm envious of the fact that they don't have to spend even a second thinking about buying a new house while I can't afford new shoes. I'd like to be able to buy new shoes when I need them because mine are broken without having to think about it, please and thank you.