Extreme wealth inequality will always devour the societies that produce it

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@gracchus

The premise of the article remains true insofar as generous state welfare programmes like Sweden’s reduce the extremity of wealth inequality to the point where people don’t feel they’re entirely on their own in desperate circumstances.

You are confusing wealth inequality and income inequality. Sweden combines extremely high wealth inequality with extremely low income inequality. As for the presence of a social safety net, the US is also unique in its near absence thereof. Income inequality is less of an issue in countries that do have functioning health insurance and social programs.