[p2p-research] The problems of debt

[j.martin.pedersen]

On 11/07/10 18:21, Ryan Lanham wrote:
> Free riders are the long standing issue of all socialist systems.  People
> fail to be productive in a way that the world wants.  Therefore they consume
> without creating value.  Work isn't work unless someone wants the output.  I
> know that comes as news to some, but sadly, it is a universal truth. 

How do universal truths come as surprise to some? Is that a function of
a vanguard or a superior ruler?