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There have been many studies showing indisputably that high wealth inequality is bad for society as a whole, regardless of overall GDP. Richard Wilkinson has many talks out there describing the research showing how awful wide wealth inequality is for the world. We aren't advocating for everyone to be equal, that's just a straw man at best. It's the levels of inequality that destroy society.