Quote Originally Posted by Vinyadan View Post
It's like the Mafia: they tell you that they will kill you if you don't pay them money, but, if you do pay the money, they will protect you from other mobs. So you just pay, because you enjoy being protected! And not being killed, too! Win-win! Or did I grossly misunderstand?
no i think that's a fair compariosn. It still sucks that you need to pay them, and you'd much rather not need to pay them, but you are still perfectly able to pay them and it's not really taking anything away from you because you have a well-paying job, so you pay them, they leave you alone until it's the next time you have to pay them, and all the while you keep looking for a way to get out of this scheme you've found yourself in.

you're keeping yourself alive by doing something that isn't much of a problem anyways.