I read an interesting story once.
Some whalers went ashore and stayed with a group of Inuit (Eskimos) up North way back in the 1860s.
One day, Sarquaq, who was the best hunter and nominal village leader, killed a walrus.
As he began handing out portions to his neighbors, the whalers commented, using an interpreter, that Sarquaq was a very kind and generous man.
When it was translated, he laughed heartily and said, “You do not understand. By whips, one makes dogs, and by GIFTS, one makes slaves.”
Sarquaq saw his distribution of meat as a means to keep himself in a position of power and influence, not as charity.
Some things don’t change.
Some things don’t change.
Well, except that the meat belonged to Sarquaq. Today's power and influence comes from redistributing what is OURS!