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The difference is that the president as head of the executive branch and Commander-in-Chief is part of a hierarchical chain of command, that the rest of us are not part of.
It might matter whether a captain makes more than a private, but I didn't sign up for the military, so I opted out of any sort of structure like that, and I would love it if we don't impose military structures on the rest of society.
As for ethics, your pay is just none of my business. You make what you make, and that doesn't hurt me at all if you make a whole bunch more. Good for you.
We should not be sticking our noses into other employees' compensations.
Telling other people what they can or cannot make, now that in my book is unethical.