From the anvil to the stars.
Affordism
One Ratio. The Floor Rises With The Top.
A makers-first economic system that connects success at the top to rising prosperity at the floor.
The rule
Short enough to remember. Serious enough to test.
18%
The least-paid full-time worker earns no less than 18% of the highest realized compensation in the company.
The ceiling remains open. The floor rises with it. Payroll tells the truth.
Try it
Drag the top. Watch the floor.
Top$1,000,000
Required floor$180,000
The movement line
The Makers’ Way.
Work should build a future. Enterprise should still win. Affordism joins those truths instead of forcing people to pick one.
Choose your door
One will read. One will look. Feed both.
Affordism is built as a ladder. Start where your attention is. Go deeper only when the question demands it.
Hard questions
Built for people who want to hate it.
Is this a CEO pay cap?
No. The top remains unbounded. But 18% status requires the top to carry the floor with it. Compression is the mechanism, not a hidden side effect.
Is this socialism?
No. It nationalizes nothing, seizes nothing, and keeps private enterprise intact. It prices extraction and rewards alignment.
Will companies game the line?
Some will try. The whitepaper treats threshold dynamics and part-time conversion as problems to measure, not slogans to dodge.
What proves it works?
The Wallet Test: does the wallet of the person at the bottom get heavier or lighter in a demonstration?
From the anvil to the stars.