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Themes for Crooked Wings

STATEMENTS
-a lack of market regulation leads to unfree markets, as people exercise their freedoms to restrict the freedoms of others  
-you are not worth your paycheck 
-socioeconomic class is a quirk, not a signal of divine right
-passing down wealth without property taxes 

QUESTIONS
-'usury' might be a useful financial technology, but... 
-WHAT'S WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY, ANYWAY?!
  property as refuge 
  property as 'I can kick you out' 
  property as 'I get access to the resources here' 
-what is the difference between luxuries and goods? 
-the real enemy isn't some individual person as much as it is INSTITUTIONAL ROT?
-IN A CAPITALIST ENVIRONMENT: is the literal possession of money/capital INHERENTLY not-good? [does the money corrupt them?] 
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_is_theft! 
  -when can an individual throw up their hands and say 'this is not my problem'? 

THEMES
-GOOFY HUMOR 
-exploring how institutions influence and coerce individuals 
-you just know that some things are right (slavery was bad) [HEROISM] 
-moral complexity!

-people second-guess themselves about their difficulties?


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