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Philip, ever since our conversation I've been mulling over this simulation. Has anyone configured it so that the money *given* in a transaction is a percentage of the wealth of the *giver*? If so, how might this change the outcome, and what aspect of the real world would that model? I'm thinking of taking my COVID sim https://ventrella.com/covid19/ and ripping out everything but the basic particle mechanics and then adding the components to make a version of this sim - just for fun! A lot can be explored and intuited from these kinds of simulated thought experiments.

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I'd love that! Let's try it, I'd be interested to see what happens with that idea (and how as you say it maps onto specific transactions)

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The rich hang on to their money like a cat lady does cats the poor spend all they have to get by.I hate being lectured on equality by millionaires.

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Apr 2, 2022·edited Apr 2, 2022

Which is why they float around in mega yachts and go on vacation seasonally, and wear jeans that cost 200 dollars a thread. You know what, you are right. Those rich pricks never spend money....

It's absurd that you think success equates to some kind of millionaire elitist attitude. I've been saying the same things for years, and I'm not rich. So what's your excuse now?

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