I never said it was a crime to be rich, it's not, but the fact remains that unless inequality is properly addressed, things will get worse. End of story.
Tax avoidance? That's difficult to defend when millionaire/billionaire politicians legislate to make tax avoidance easier for the uber rich i.e. themselves!
Here's the deal... Sunak (for example) is worth ~£800m. He can generate £24m per year minimum by not doing much with his wealth (It will be more than that - I read somewhere recently that his wealth increased ~£122m over the last year). What does he do with that £24m?...buys more assets. Result, snowball effect with more assets being gobbled up. Demand for assets increase = price for assets increase.
This is happening on a grand scale. Imagine how many "new assets" a multi billionaire can grab hold of each year. We're seeing the effects with increased property prices, runaway leasehold charges, increased rents, increased food prices, runaway energy prices, runaway profits for global corps, inflation, government unable to properly fund public services (so they print more money which effectively goes straight to the rich and devalues the quid in our pocket) etc. etc.
The idea of a wealth tax is gaining traction despite our politicians ignoring it.
https://millionairesforhumanity.org/
Are you uber rich animal? You seem keen to defend them despite all this.