Abuse is a malicious application of it and not what I was advocating. It's more about bypassing the politics normally associated with these sorts of situationa

Abuse is a malicious application of it and not what I was advocating. It's more about bypassing the politics normally associated with these sorts of situational negotiations-- a failsafe against one (or more) persons holding the rest of the colony hostage. It is a paternalistic foil to malingering and selfishness.