In the ancient world, the way many people gained great wealth was by forming gangs of strong men, beating up their neighbors, and taking their stuff.
People still speak with admiration of men like Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar, but they were little better than gangsters who enriched themselves through armed robbery.
This was a negative sum game, and assured that people remained poor and unhappy for thousands of years.
Eventually, however, we figured out that respecting each otherโs rights, building things, and trading meant that we could play positive sum games instead. We could increase the amount of wealth, and all would benefit. As a result, we moved from living in unheated shacks to living in what our ancestors wouldโve thought of as paradise in only a few hundred years.
However, there are still people out there who think that beating someone up and taking their stuff is a really great idea.
It is the great task of our civilization to shun such people, as they are not fit to be part of society.
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@PeakHobby A reprint does not automatically mean less value, for me I would rather have the original, and I do thank God, as I wouldnt want to pay what it is now.
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Alex Tuch wants $11 million a season, but he and I have the same amount of points against the Canadiens in this series and heโs a -8 while Iโm even.
So who really deserves $11 million a year?