Jeez, everyone is feeding him today. Does it look that pathetic? ... Anyway yes, he does take a piece.

"This environment is what people who support socialism aim for," he says mildly. "There's no import consumer culture. Everyone has to be useful, and the buffer is magic instead of inflation, so newcomers are able to benefit from the surplus and what amounts to intangible social welfare floats a lot of people."

... Of course.