> But it's not about who deserves what. It's about how much influence can society safely let a single random primate have.
You are severely overrating how much influence $10m buys you, and very severely underrating how much influence you can have without personally having $10m dollars.
And please feel free to have $10 million. Above that it's starting to look like you aren't into it just to secure yourself but rather control and impoverish others.
There are various ways of attaining influence. Money is just the easiest and least controlled. Morally and practically. So let's plug the biggest hole first then worry about the rest.
You are severely overrating how much influence $10m buys you, and very severely underrating how much influence you can have without personally having $10m dollars.