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For positional goods, it doesn't matter much what happens to the share of the wealth held by the bottom 10%.

Distribution of positional goods is determined primarily by position - the bottom 10% are always stuck in last place for positional goods. There is nothing you can do about that short of making everyone's wealth identically equal.



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