It's called the gift economy, something you would know nothing about considering you've gone rogue and now are actively abusing your power by flagging all of @ats-david's neutral comments and posts. Since NextGen has censored ats-david's comment, I'll repost the image here for all to see the comments and plans to abusively flag and attack ats-david's neutral comments:
google "definition gift" The two qualities giving must have to constitute gifting is willingness and lack of payment. Sentimentality (being "of the heart") isn't a requirement at all. It's not that I don't understand gifting, it's that I understand it better than anyone that refers to it as being purely altruistic or part of an economy. The reason I felt the need to point out that it has to be voluntary rather than forced is that your original proposal suggests an involuntary redistribution of wealth and that wouldn't be a gift at all. More like theft.
It's called the gift economy, something you would know nothing about considering you've gone rogue and now are actively abusing your power by flagging all of @ats-david's neutral comments and posts. Since NextGen has censored ats-david's comment, I'll repost the image here for all to see the comments and plans to abusively flag and attack ats-david's neutral comments:
Capitalists give gifts.
Very true. It has to be voluntary to be a gift though. Can't force it. ;)
The definition of a gift includes the fact that it is done from the heart, when applied to the gift economy. I am not talking about bribes here.
google "definition gift" The two qualities giving must have to constitute gifting is willingness and lack of payment. Sentimentality (being "of the heart") isn't a requirement at all. It's not that I don't understand gifting, it's that I understand it better than anyone that refers to it as being purely altruistic or part of an economy. The reason I felt the need to point out that it has to be voluntary rather than forced is that your original proposal suggests an involuntary redistribution of wealth and that wouldn't be a gift at all. More like theft.
People here don't seem to know anything about the gift economy.
Please explain how the above suggestion isn't meritocratic.