As an example, what if your richer society was only 1% richer in the lowest decile but had massively more inequality compared to the poorer society, leading to a society where the rich controlled everything including land, and where the lowest decile had virtually a nonexistent chance to rise to a higher class? I’d take the poorer society if I’m not rich. Maybe I’d at least have a shot at property ownership.

It is not hard to think of how quickly nuance enters this picture. Much of the discussion here is about what exactly the inequality curve should look like. Shaving it down a bit is not the same as saying we should all be equal or whatever.