Re:New York Restaurants Fight Back Against Reservations by Bots
by popcalc on Saturday November 11, 2023 @06:10PM
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>It follows that using wealth as a measure [for deserving] is definitely a bad choice.
It's not a choice. Would you rather it be wealth or violence? As civilizations mature, the power that happens to be encapsulated in a tribal (read gang) leader's threat of physical violence and banishment transmogrifies into debt obligations once a strong civil law foundation is in place.
>By what measure do you or I deserve more than poor people?
Who decides who deserves what? Let me know and we'll start lobbying next Monday ;)
“Don't you understand that it's a question of power, and money means power. It's as simple as that.”
It's not a choice. Would you rather it be wealth or violence? As civilizations mature, the power that happens to be encapsulated in a tribal (read gang) leader's threat of physical violence and banishment transmogrifies into debt obligations once a strong civil law foundation is in place.
>By what measure do you or I deserve more than poor people? Who decides who deserves what? Let me know and we'll start lobbying next Monday ;)
“Don't you understand that it's a question of power, and money means power. It's as simple as that.”
- John Deuss