As much as people want to believe that everyone has fair access to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, or if not currently having fair access to these things, they are on track to get such -- we find though that history is replete with plenty of cases in which noble governmental words are spoken and written, but in reality when it is all said and done the actual conditions of those societies professing high ideals typically fall far short of achieving what is meant to be achieved, with fairness and justice for all, equally applied.
Indeed, there are winners and losers in society, of which, those in the most powerful positions of society and governance are the very same that determine the effective rule of law, and to thereby prioritize what will or will not occur or be dealt with per their preference, and whenever there is civil unrest, to utilize effectively the policing arm of the state to keep those that would rebel, in check.
The upshot of all this is that because so many Western nations are beholden to capitalistic principles, these very principles, in effect, supersede and trump appropriate ethical and fair treatment of all citizens. Indeed, there is always some enclave of citizens who are going to be exploited, which is why we find that in the United States that there are millions of people who labor and work hard at their job, but are essentially not provided with a living wage in return. Thereby signifying that in America, which is the wealthiest nation in the world, the exploitation of its own people is the norm, so that those who control the levers of that power can personally benefit from the application of that exploitation.
For a certainty, in absence of such exploitation, one would think that the field would thereby get ever more level based upon the principles of the Constitution, but in actuality because those in power, are often fixated on increasing their wealth and power, this means that when they are somehow precluded from exploiting others, that they have a distinct tendency to see those that will not personally benefit them as an annoyance and an obstacle, that thereby must be eliminated, signifying that those particular people need to be neutralized or eradicated.
For example, the reason why our prisons are filled with essentially ill-educated and impoverished people is mainly because those who wish to exploit them find that they are not conducive to that exploitation, because they won’t permit themselves to be underpaid for dead-end work that will not get them ever any semblance of the American dream, so then these citizens are rounded up and incarcerated because they won’t be obedient to the powers that be. Additionally, the reason why this governance expends a lot of money on gain-of-function research diseases is because those that have vulnerable immune systems or are very aged are the very people that cost the government a lot of money, without providing any utility in return to corporations or the government, signifying that a ruthless decision is thereby made that to eradicate that which cannot be exploited, is good for business, and thereby good for America. This means that all those who cannot be exploited are often going to be incarcerated, killed, or expelled, through one means or another, which helps the bottom line of businesses and eases the burden on the government.