> That is to say that even if living was essentially free and everyone was equally talented, places that have significant problems with political turmoil, crime, war, or corruption would still be comparatively worse-off.
You seem to think that political turmoil, crime, war, and corruption aren't things to which to inequality (both local and global) contributes, just things which produce inequality. That is something of an unusual position.
That is an unusual position, and it's certainly not mine.
I do think poverty and inequality contribute to conflict, but I also think there will be obviously struggling people and communities even in a post-scarcity world... but due to other factors, probably things like tribalism, bigotry, politics, crime, and so on.
You seem to think that political turmoil, crime, war, and corruption aren't things to which to inequality (both local and global) contributes, just things which produce inequality. That is something of an unusual position.