You're reading the numbers wrong, there is no stretching. The 80/20 rule means that 80% of resources is controlled by 20% of participants. Applying the same rat

You're reading the numbers wrong, there is no stretching. The 80/20 rule means that 80% of resources is controlled by 20% of participants. Applying the same ratio to subgroups, you also get that 1% of participants control about 50% of the resources, as for trees in Amazon. The 80/20 number is just nice and commonly used because it adds up to 100.