It always felt a little wrong to me, but as I got older I realized these people are living lives of despair and it’s really just not the biggest problem in society when you have the rich engaging openly in corruption and violating laws while going unpunished.
Sure it's not the biggest problem, but it's not only the biggest problems that deserve attention.
Heart disease kills more than just about any other physical ailment, so should we put all research money/resources into that and ignore everything else?