The very founding principles of this great nation, tell us that each of us is inalienably entitled to "…life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Yet, this is a nation in which the few are accorded mass amounts of benefits, privileges, and freedom, often unearned or unfairly earned, that so many are either denied or don't have fair access to. What is so deceptive about America is that as reported by marketwatch.com, as of 2016, "The median net worth of the average U.S. household is $97,300." Further, census.gov indicates that as of 2018, the median household income in America was $61,937. Remember, that the median means, that half of those in America will be above that median number, and that the other half will therefore be below; so that if this instead meant that a significant amount of Americans had about $100,000 in net worth, and also about $62,000 in household income per year, than that would seem to be indicative that each household in America would be in a relatively good place. However, a look around this country indicates that the disparity between those that have and those have not, is an incredibly great divide; of which, some that have, are simply so rich, that is well-nigh incomprehensible to be able to truly envision their immense wealth for the average American; whereas some are so poor, that they literally own nothing, and struggle to get by on a day-to-day basis.
Any country in which the favored few have the lion's share of the wealth, the benefits, and the privileges, and of which, there is a significant underclass that owns little or nothing, is never going to be a country in which there is a healthy civility between the rich and the poor. In fact, such a country like that, is always going to have a great degree of tension, and in order to serve thereby the interests of those that are the favored few, will necessitate those few co-opting and then their subsequent utilization of the policing arm of the state which will solely answer to them, and thereby the "justice" so being rendered upon those without any power or voice, will be accomplished in a manner in which the underclass is oppressed and put down, by any means, so necessary.
The only possible way to bring some sort of semblance of fairness to this country, without a full-on revolution, is to address the inequality of income and of wealth, by progressively taxing those that have, so as to redistribute some portion of that wealth into the hands of those have not; thereby allowing the disenfranchised an opportunity to receive in return their fair chance, to reside in a stable neighborhood, with a good educational system, and correspondingly a decent chance at opportunity. This thus signifies that the responsibility of good governance is to help to level the playing field, so that all Americans can enjoy their inalienable chance to make something of their lives, and it is the upmost responsibility of that governance to create and to execute those necessary laws that will accomplish such.
Unfortunately, when the government itself is controlled by the richest and most powerful Americans and institutions, this can only mean that the rich will get richer, the powerful will get even more powerful, and that the poor and disenfranchised will be stepped and stomped upon all the more. The fundamental problem with America is not that it lacks collective wealth, but rather that it lacks the courage to see that each of its citizens are provided with a fair chance of a good life, freedom, and the opportunity to accomplish something of individual merit.