jalk 2 days ago

"Thief believes everybody steals"

  • tivert 2 days ago

    > "Thief believes everybody steals"

    The correct analogy for espionage isn't crime. But even taking that framing, if everyone actually does steal, it doesn't do you any good to be naive and deny reality.

    • jalk a day ago

      It's a proverb, not an analogy (hence the quotes). Read it like "Just because you do X, doesn't mean that everybody else does X too"