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Envy is triggered by feeling similar to someone, not simply by the size of the difference between you.
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Although it seems to be based on a perceived difference ("he is rich, and I am not"), it is actually triggered by a feeling of similarity ("if he and I are so alike, why is he so much richer?")
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