Via more equal outcomes. An egalitarian society might have the same net wealth as a stratified society, but with less relative poverty.

Of course, the bottom x% is what it is - but if you create margins or classes then it works different - ie, the % of people who are making x% less than the median or average or whatever.

Having fewer middle class people and wealthy people flattens the income curve. Not great for society, but your relative poverty statistics would improve. Otherwise, yes, every ladder has a bottom rung.

It would just be a tighter distribution of income.

less inequality?