> what if an organization has a nodal structure such that at each node somebody can divert X% (say 1 for the hell of it) of what goes through the node? The sala

> what if an organization has a nodal structure such that at each node somebody can divert X% (say 1 for the hell of it) of what goes through the node? The salary of the top man is then basically proportional to the size of the node, so to get mega-rich, a bank president in New York might buy a bank in New Jersey. The node in New Jersey remains, but a buyer of the bank in New York now gets to skim additional cream. This is basically how the world works, if you consider each of those nodes a business. The cost to buy that bank though, already factors in the income stream that you’d get from it. Like how you can go buy shares on the public market and receive dividends.