I get the impression that the US have a particular relation to inequalities.
They aren’t just bad consequences to policies, they’re an essential component of the policies themselves.
Examples
- Not enough space on the road: create a premium subscription that guarantees access
There is also the idea of “pricing people out”, i.e, not forbidding access but making it prohibitively expensive to most. That’s how decent healthcare is a luxury.
In that framework, well off people welcome prices increase (for housing etc.) as it locks poor people out. That’s how we can start to understand the petty opposition to affordable housing projects.