You can press a button at any time that objectively proves you're superior to everyone around you but also deprives you of, say, 10% of all of your social and economic capital any time you press it. How often do you press it?
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how far does "everyone around you" extend? line of sight? 100m? same room?
In this case let's say it applies to the 100 people you most often interact with + the 100 people you last interacted with, allowing for between 100-200 people total.
