Reply #39: Chill now, 'belly . . .

[MrModerate]

Whether you ask or not, you get a whole shitload from society. I'm guessing you pay taxes, so you're also GIVING a lot. I'm guessing you have friends and family, live in a community, etc., etc., so you're EXCHANGING a lot as well. Minding your own business only goes so far.

If, however, you live -- alone -- in the woods, grow your own food (without fertilizers or forged tools), generate your own power (biomass? bicycle?) and have no manmade objects around that you didn't construct yourself from 100 percent natural raw materials(including the computer you're viewing this on), then I apologize profoundly.

And yes, people DO calculate the cost of delivering this or that societal benefit and they have to take causes (as in an individual's behavior) into account.