Let's make the analogy more apt: we've camped mid fertile ground, and I know we are to be camped for years to come. Now I can choose to let you monopolize my food supply indefinitely with your basket, or, with a bit of work and planning, I can grow my own food from the land and fill my own basket.Originally Posted by SlyMaelstrom
Perhaps, if I am a lazy person, it may be to my own good fortune that you restrict the basket from me completely, thus leaving me with no other alternative than the better one.