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I thought the Fisherman had a very good point when he had stated that he only caught as much Fish as he needed and then had time to enjoy the remainder of the day as well as his LIFE.
Good morning," said the little prince.
"Good morning," said the merchant.
This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst. You need only swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need of anything to drink.
"Why are you selling those?" asked the little prince.
"Because they save a tremendous amount of time," said the merchant. "Computations have been made by experts. With these pills, you save fifty-three minutes in every week."
"And what do I do with those fifty-three minutes?"
"Anything you like..."
"As for me," said the little prince to himself, "if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water."
Originally posted by rufusdrak
Wow that was frickin' awesome haha...very vividly exposes the hollow and shallow western capitalist mentality.