If the pressure difference between two objects becomes too high, they soon find ways to re-establish equilibrium.

That's nature.

If we don't work on reducing the gap, there are always chances of an unrest in the society with crime rates going up.

https://twitter.com/dvassallo/status/1781751108211511680 as well talks about this as a concept - ERGODICITY

In some systems, what’s best for a group is not necessarily what’s best for the individuals who make up the group. In other words, the total wealth of a group of people could be increasing, while almost everyone making up that group could be seeing their wealth diminish. When this happens, we say we have a non-ergodic system. If the system was ergodic, what’s happening to the collective would also translate to all individuals.