[theseanl]

Just wanna point out that South Korea is one of the countries where people values wealth the most than other life goals, such as family life, work success, and other spiritual values. Regarding this South Korean problem as a problem of wealth inequalty is exactly how South Korean likes to think about. I think the opposite is true: rather than being wealthier, helping people noticing and fulfilling other life goals would be the right way.

[creakingstairs]

That is a very good point. I guess I am a South Korean through and through :p But I think it's just really hard to have those values when you either swim or drown (or at least you feel like you will drown). What I mean by reducing wealth inequality is to have more safety nets in place and increase the value of labour compared to capital gains so that people feel like they can breathe and look at other things in life that are valuable.