This is missing the point I think of the original distinction between 1% and 99%. The people below the cutoff live in a state of economic vulnerability that is

This is missing the point I think of the original distinction between 1% and 99%. The people below the cutoff live in a state of economic vulnerability that is ever-accelerating. The people above the line do not. If the goal was to critique power itself then yes the further divisions are necessary. I have not gotten a sense though that this is about ending inequality itself, but rather in limiting how far one should be allowed to fall in a civilized society, and how responsive a democratically elected government should be to the majority of the population's needs.