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If you give a man a fish he eats for a day, but if you teach a man to fish you give up your monopoly on fisheries. It used to considered vile that drug dealers
by Pet_Ant 1y ago
If you give a man a fish he eats for a day, but if you teach a man to fish you give up your monopoly on fisheries.
It used to considered vile that drug dealers tried to hook their users and force dependence... turns out that they were just ahead of the curve.
- AtlasBarfed 1y agoIt's the founding economic principle of the British empire
- ozim 1y agoPostman is little potatoes - take a look what was done with free YouTube. Bait and switch all the same only stretched in time.
- johnea 1y agoThat's funny 8-) It brought to mind this quote: “It’s only software developers and drug dealers who call people users,” From a recent article that came through the feed: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/18/are-we-living-in-a-golden-age-of-stupidity-technology https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/18/are-we-li... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45626691 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45626691