re: #426 The Sanity Inspector
We’re forgetting some old, time-proven lessons.
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages. Nobody but a beggar chuses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.
— Adam Smith
Adam Smith would be considered a real dork in this day and age. A big meanie.