Watch a troop of ring-tailed lemurs. The alpha animals bully the others into letting them have the choicest food, and into restricting the calories of the non-alpha animals. Humans have devised a way to do the same thing much more efficiently. The alpha humans give the others a pay cheque once a month. This gives them total control of the underling’s consumption, and it keeps the underlings in subjection, because without the pay cheque they have no access to food or shelter.
~ Roedy (born: 1948-02-04 age: 64)