'Getting away with it' is only one side of the medallion. The other is fear: fear of having values denied, fear of having my production destroyed, fear of having my life taken ... lose that fear and no thief can take anything from you - if I die he has no more victim to mooch from, if I stop producing he has nothing to steal, if I don't want anything I can't create myself he has nothing to withhold from me for coercion. Most thieves and moochers are blind to that reality and keep extorting, destroying, anyway but at least I don't prolong their little feast by giving in to their threats, even if I have to give up some creativity and quite a lot of values (depending on the moocher of the neighborhood). Of course I could also do a full-on Ragnar on them and protect what is mine - then I'd at least have some fun blowing them up :D "If they believe that the purpose of my life is to serve them, let them try to enforce their creed."
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