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That's the exact right amount they idealists should own. Exactly .01% owning 27%. But tell me, what is the value for which x% own (100-x)%? That is the figure of merit.

It actually has mathematical meaning. For instance, if you take a single example at exactly the x percentile, that particular person gets a fair share.

For instance, if there's 100 people and it's 80-20, 20% of the people get 80% of the wealth, then the person at exactly the 80th percentile gets 1% of the total. For him specifically, it might as well be shared equally.

Tell me where that x percent gets 100-x percent equilibrium is!




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