The way things really work... an old proverb updated

[LuckyTheDog]

Last edited Fri May 18, 2012, 11:41 PM - Edit history (1)

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him to fish and he gets a subsistence wage at best, but the capitalists who own the boat and the nets eat for a lifetime.

Fishing sucks.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. That's pretty much it. nt

[petronius]

2. That's sort of like:

"Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Take his fish away and tell him he's lucky just to be alive, and he'll figure out how to catch another one for you to take tomorrow. "

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Quotes/SchlockMercenary

[Rincewind]

3. Give a man a fish,

and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

[Tsiyu]

4. Give a man a fish and he eats for a day.

Build a private condo complex on his best fishing spot, drill for oil in his waters, completely foul the waters, and when the man protests, arrest him for trespassing and terrorism.

Then he can eat prison fish sticks for a lifetime.