I can see a few posts indicating a preference for reducing inequality in society, but I can't see any of these "the more sinister interpretations of equality" - if there are any I don't think they can be "many posts in this thread".

Too much inequality is bad for everyone. It messes up just about everything in society. The happiest societies seem to be those where the level of inequality is relatively modest, significantly lower than the UK (or the USA).

As for nationalising banks without compensation, I can't really understand where compensation should come into it, when the institutions in question go broke and have to be bailed out, with us having to take over their debts.