[terminalshort]

> kids have to be taught “‘fair’ is what the market will bear”

Because it seems like the normal default for humans is that "fair" means when I sell something I take the highest offer I can get, but when I buy things the seller should give me the lowest offer he can while meeting his expenses or he is being "greedy." If you don't believe me just read the HN comments on any financial topic.

[walkabout]

Nope, it works both ways, at least for lots of folks. The other attitude often (in my experience, most of the time) has to be explicitly taught or conditioned in from getting fucked enough times and deciding you may as well be fucking people too.

[terminalshort]

Not liking the price but paying it anyway isn't "getting fucked" like you and so many other people seem to believe.

[walkabout]

K. But from what I’ve seen most people have to be taught your way of thinking.