There is a reason that “do not covet” is one of the big ten rules for the roadmap of life. It is destructive of the individual and the society that embraces that error. When you look at the societies that fall to coveting, you see people who are poor and oppressed in communism/fascism/socialism.
So true. They key phrase seems to be “fall to coveting”.
Once fallen, they realize that nothing changes, there are still lots of people with money and goods, and lots without.
The only difference is that the ones who do have “stuff” have something in common...usually an inner party membership.
That is why, when I hear people who lived in the Soviet Union speak with anger and fear about things they see in our country because they are reminded of what they left behind...I listen closely.