Put 100 men on an island where fish is a staple article of sustenance, five of the mon catch fish.
five cook the fish, Twenty-five hunt fruit and vegetables. The entire company eats what thus is gathered and prepared.
So long as everybody works there is plenty. All" hands are happy.
Ten of the allotted fish-catchers stop catching fish.
Ten more dry and hide part of the fish they catch, Five continue to catch fish, but work only Part of the day at it.
Fewer fish go into the community kitchen, But the same number of-men insist upon having the same amount of fish to eat as they had before.
The 50 men who formerly cleaned and cooked the fish have less to do, owing to the undersupply of fish. But they continue to demand food.
Gradually greater burdens are laid upon the fruit and vegetable hunters. These insist upon a larger share of fish in return for their larger efforts in gathering fruit and vegetables. It is denied them, and soon 20 of the 25 quit gathering fruit and vegetables.
Bug the entire 100 men continue
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