My daughter asked me this. How would you explain wealth inequality to a 12-year-old?
For context: ex-wife cheated on me and married this extremely wealthy Chinese guy. Crazy wealthy as in entire apartment building in Beijing’s CBD and a mansion out in the Shunyi district as his “main residences”. Daughter lives in China with my ex-wife, her husband and his son. Daughter lives with me during school breaks / holidays.
Some people are born into a family with wealth and different advantages.
Money isn’t everything and many of the ways to acquire a lot of money are cruel and exploit people and the environment.
You are more worried about supporting your family and living a good life than trying to get every dollar like Mr Krabs.