> Sure. Let's make a change to normalize wealth and measure the outcome. We'll tweak as necessary. Historical attempts at this have not worked well. > There's

> Sure. Let's make a change to normalize wealth and measure the outcome. We'll tweak as necessary. Historical attempts at this have not worked well. > There's plenty in the political arena that can be bought, such as votes, minds, and territory. That's the entire point of political advertising. There is plenty that cannot be bought regardless of money. That's why political advertising isn't all it takes to win elections. > Those 1000x assets can be used for loan collateral. Assets aren't really assets if they don't do anything. You are relatively impoverished. I'll take being "relatively impoverished" (according to you) in the US than a top earner in Venezuela any day.