In the response to one question, #551, you said, "Among Leaver peoples, food is free for the taking. Takers keep it under lock and key so that you have to work for it." Meanwhile in a response to another question, #552, you described the Maya as Leavers. But didn't the Maya put food under lock and key and force people to work to get it back? Or if they didn't, how did their civilization exist? Or is the difference simply that the Maya considered that they had a choice with regard to what they did with their food, as proven by the fact they eventually did return to a lifestyle in which food is "free for the taking"? • Ishmael.org, the work & philosophy of Daniel Quinn