&gt;<i>But, as Paul Graham points out, that is not the same thing as saying that inequality is bad. What it says is that poverty is bad. And that’s something that I don’t think anyone would argue with.</i><p>I think that&#x27;s the point isn&#x27;t it?  The rest of the post talks about how you don&#x27;t have empathy with a wealth gap, but the examples given are really showing how it is hard to empathize with those in poverty and that&#x27;s where the the problem is.  It is hard for someone who even was in poverty in the past to empathize with people currently in poverty because you aren&#x27;t going through it every day.