I express opinions (which is what we do here right?). If you read those as &#x27;definitive statements&#x27; then I might have phrased them differently if I had known. I tend to talk that way and I try to add &#x27;in my opinion&#x27; &#x2F; imho to stuff but here I guess I did not (enough).<p>And sure, I don&#x27;t consider shuffling money around in a way that is actually inaccessible to &#x27;normal people&#x27; to make rich people richer (obscenely rich) to be something &#x27;good&#x27;. That&#x27;s my opinion and I guess you can read that in my way of saying things. That said, I am interested in it. And what I read about it (which is indeed what I read online) makes me have those opinions and nothing in this thread makes it less rancid so far. But because I have been wrong I read other opinions and explanations.<p>The word &#x27;this&#x27; is missing from the last sentence, apologies, I fixed it. So my question is; if a hedge fund grows from 5 billion to 10 billion it incurs double the cost of operations? Like, for instance, a software services company would do? If not, then why are the fees a % and not a fixed number based on operational cost, unless it&#x27;s mere easy pocket filling because &#x27;everyone else does it&#x27;?