The letter says: “We know that high inequality undermines all our social and environmental goals. It corrodes our politics, destroys trust, hamstrings our collective economic prosperity and weakens multilateralism. We also know that without a sharp reduction in inequality, the twin goals of ending poverty and preventing climate breakdown will be in clear conflict.”
They should fear more.
Which “they”? If you mean the ones getting trampled on, I agree. But in the United States at least, despite a lot of grumbling, the only popular uprising we’ve had was a fascist coup attempt – undertaken at the behest of the rich.
I mean, Portland was the beginnings of one.