<i>But you don&#x27;t necessarily increase poverty by decreasing utility and increasing inequality.</i><p>I&#x27;m asking about values, not specific world conditions. Sometimes the world lets us get everything we want - e.g., globalization and capitalism so far have reduced poverty and inequality together.<p>But sometimes the world doesn&#x27;t give us the easy case. That&#x27;s when we actually need to understand our values, and answer questions like &quot;how many people will I push into poverty to reduce GINI by 1%?&quot; If your answer is zero, you agree with me completely and don&#x27;t care about inequality. Are you agreeing with me that inequality is irrelevant now?