The Oligarch Game: use coin-tosses to demonstrate "winner take all" and its power to warp perceptions

I really like what you’ve written, with one exception. An oligarchy inherently means a system of government (official or unofficial) run by the wealthy. What you describe doesn’t have a feedback loop through control of law or regulation. I think it’s implied, but one could imagine a system where there are obscenely wealthy people aggregating money at marginal utility approaching zero, where those same people have no actual power in the government.

Heck, the British monarchy is a real-world example - near zero influence on government and extreme wealth.

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